About Position:

We are seeking a talented Java Developer with 10-12 years of experience Who Owns discrete workstreams within a program and builds production Java + AI features end-to-end on the target stack (Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, GCP).

Role: Java Developer
Location: Hyderabad
Experience: 10-12 years
Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

Own a microservice or feature end-to-end: design, build, test, deploy via Harness to GKE/Cloud Run
Build and harden RAG / LLM features; set up evals and monitoring (Splunk, Grafana)
Execute guided migration patterns (DB2?PostgreSQL, IBM MQ?Kafka)
Participate in client meetings with guidance; groom and estimate backlog in Jira
Mentor L1 associates on assigned tasks ? Strong Java/Spring Boot and Spring Batch; Kafka fundamentals
Strong Java/Spring Boot and Spring Batch; Kafka fundamentals
PostgreSQL; REST + OpenAPI/Swagger contract design
CI/CD with Harness; containerization; able to debug production issues

Expertise You'll Bring:

Solid LLM application patterns ? RAG, tool/function calling, MCP basics




Spec-driven development; prompt and context-engineering fundamentals
Builds reusable eval harnesses and quality gates for AI features
Java/Spring Boot, GitHub + Copilot, Maven, PostgreSQL, Docker, Jira/Confluence, GCP fundamentals.
Harness, GKE/Cloud Run, Kafka, SonarQube, Vertex AI basics; IBM Watsonx for Z (TrackB).

Benefits:

Competitive salary and benefits package
Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
Annual health check-ups
Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Setting:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and incl

📌 Java Lead (Hyderabad)
🏢 Persistent Systems
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