Senior Development Contract Engineer | Java | Kotlin (28523)

Dahl Consulting is currently partnering with a leader in the retail industry. We work one-on-one with great candidates to help connect them with local employment opportunities. Contract Duration: 6 months Worksite Location: Brooklyn Park, MN | Hybrid Compensation: $60 - $90 per hour W2 only (no C2C) What you’ll do: • Lead the design, development, testing, and lifecycle management of backend services within a large-scale, enterprise environment • Translate abstract architectures into concrete designs, providing technical leadership and influencing implementation across the engineering team • Apply appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust, scalable, and maintainable systems • Contribute directly to coding efforts with strong expertise in Kotlin, ensuring clean, testable, and reliable code • Implement and maintain microservices leveraging frameworks such as Micronaut or Spring Boot, ensuring compliance with RESTful standards • Design and optimize Kafka producers, consumers, and stream processing to support event-driven architecture at scale • Build and maintain observability and monitoring solutions (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Grafana) to enhance operational resilience • Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and debugging activities, promoting engineering best practices across the team What you’ll bring to the role: • 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development within enterprise-scale environments • Strong proficiency in Kotlin programming • Hands-on experience with Micronaut or Spring Boot frameworks • Solid knowledge of Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, stream processing) • Experience with DevOps tools and technologies, containerization, and orchestration • Skilled in observability and monitoring tools (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, etc.) • Proficient in test-driven development (JUnit, K6, etc.) • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams • Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and reliable code with strong system reliability practices As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you! Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.