Backend Engineer Java 17 Kafka Experience 3-6 years Location Bangalore Max CTC 12 LPA Engagement 6 months Contract Payroll Talpro India Pvt Ltd Joining Early Immediate joiners only About the Role We are hiring a hands-on Backend Engineer with strong design instincts and real-world experience building scalable event-driven systems You will work on highly available backend services powered by Java 17 Spring Boot Kafka and contemporary data stores The role requires a self-driven engineer who can independently deliver high-quality production-ready solutions Key Responsibilities Design develop and maintain backend services using Java 17 and Spring Boot Architect build and optimize Kafka-based streaming applications ensuring high throughput reliability Design microservices and event-driven architectures aligned with industry standards Collaborate with product QA and engineering teams to convert requirements into robust technical designs Optimize performance implement observability and ensure system scalability health Develop complex SQL queries database schemas and integration workflows Troubleshoot production issues perform RCA and deliver timely resolutions Write clean maintainable code with unit tests conduct code reviews and follow best engineering practices Required Skills Qualifications 3-6 years of backend development experience Strong hands-on expertise in Java 17 or above Spring Boot Kafka streaming apps consumers producers schemas partitions offsets scaling strategies Microservices architecture Solid understanding of data modeling SQL relational DBs and query optimization Ability to work independently with minimal supervision Strong ownership mindset problem-solving skills and end-to-end delivery capability Understanding of distributed systems messaging patterns and cloud-native principles Nice to Have Experience with Docker Kubernetes or cloud platforms AWS GCP Azure Knowledge of CI CD pipelines DevOps and automation Exposure to NoSQL caching systems Redis Memcached or event processing frameworks