Kaav Inc.

Java Software Developer

Company : Kaav Inc.

Location : Brookline, MA, 02446

Job Type : Full Time

Date Posted : 1 April 2026

Job Title: Information Technology - Software Developer - Advanced

Job Description:

1. Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
2. 7+ years of experience with core Java 8 or higher, with Spring Boot
3. 3+ years' experience with Kafka or other event streaming systems (RabbitMQ, Kinesis, Service Bus)
4. 5+ years of experience working with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL or PostgreSQL5.
5. Experience with distributed cache and compute grid products, such as Hazelcast
6. Working proficiency in developmental toolsets like GIT/BitBucket, JIRA, Maven
7. Design, deploy, and manage scalable applications using Kubernetes.
8. Knowledge and understanding of capital markets: back office technology and systems

Nice to have

1. AWS experience.
2. Spark with Scala
3. Experience in PERF testing and turning as well as shift left practices.

• What are the top 3 must-haves you will be looking for in the resumes for this role? What type of software skills is an absolute must have?

Java
Kafka
Oracle

• What are the top 3 "nice to have" that would separate a successful candidate from their competition?

Caching technologies
Kubernetes
Capital Markets experience

• What type of background would you like this person to have? How many years of experience are required?

10+ years

• Is this role supporting a specific project or initiative, which project or initiative is this role supporting?

• What are the working hours, time zone?

EST, 9 AM - 6 PM

• What is the duration of this contract and is there a chance it will be extended?

12 months, yes contract can be extended.

• What training will be provided for this contractor and what are first day expectations?

Application training

• What is the day to day of the person going to look like? Please be specific.

Design, development and unit testing
Deployment
Code reviews

Required Skills : Java

Basic Qualification :

Additional Skills : Software Developer

This is a high PRIORITY requisition. This is a PROACTIVE requisition

Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No