<p>Kforce has a client in Madison, WI that is seeking a Java/API Developer.</p> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Build and deploy cloud native APIs and architectures to support customer facing web and mobile applications </li><li>Conduct thorough requirement and product analysis before implementation </li><li>Continuously work to improve and model industry best practices as it relates to system architecture, tooling, CI/CD, testing, and software design </li><li>Work with experience API and front-end developers, business stakeholders and collaborate with other business and platform API engineering teams to deliver solutions </li><li>Manage all code compliance with respect to the standards set by the company </li><li>Coordinate with experience API teams to create, test and execute code </li><li>Use CI/CD pipelines to deploy code to -rep-prod and prod environments </li><li>Support application in production* API design and execution, thorough understanding of REST is a must </li><li>Strong experience in API development using Java, and Spring </li><li>Strong experience with cloud service providers (AWS is preferred, GCP is OK) </li><li>Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines using Terraform and Cloud providers </li><li>Good understanding of unit testing and test automation </li><li>Strong experience with containerization; Kubernetes experience is a plus </li><li>Database design and understanding of both Relational and NoSQL data stores in Cloud environment </li><li>Be flexible, forward-thinking, and able to pick up new skills, and tools as needs evolve </li></ul>