Senior Software Engineer – Java Developer

We’re Hiring at CGI for our GCC - Right Here in Hyderabad!
Join us at the intersection of technology, finance, and innovation. You will be working to support the PNC Financial Services Group, one of the top-tier financial institutions in the U.S. You’ll help shape digital solutions for a global enterprise—from the ground up. This is more than a job. It’s your opportunity to:

• Work on cutting-edge technologies
• Collaborate with global teams
• Build a career with purpose and impact

Ready to build the future of banking? Let’s talk. Position Description: Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Java Developer Position: Java Developer (Kafka & Oracle) Experience: 6-8 Years Category: Software Development/ Engineering Shift: General Main location: India, Telangana, Hyderabad Position ID: J0925-1697 Employment Type: Full Time Job Overview: CGI is seeking a skilled Java Developer with hands-on experience in Kafka and Oracle. This role is a key position within the Data Streaming Platform team, responsible for building and maintaining robust Java-based data pipeline applications leveraging Kafka for streaming and Oracle for data management. Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Core Java Skills - Strong understanding of Java
• Apache Kafka Basics

o Understanding of Kafka architecture (brokers, partitions, topics, producers, consumers) (High level)
o Experience with Kafka Producers and Consumers using the Kafka Java client o Knowledge of Kafka topic configurations (retention, replication, partitioning) (High level) o Understanding of the Kafka Streams

• Distributed Processing Concepts (Just a high level)

o Familiarity with event-driven architecture
o Knowledge of exactly-once processing vs at-least-once processing o Understanding of stream-table duality (Kafka Streams vs. KTables) o Schema Management o Experience with Avro, Protobuf, or JSON for structured messages

• Integration with External Systems

o Connecting Kafka Streams with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra)
o Using Kafka Connect for external data integration o Knowledge of REST APIs and how to expose data from Kafka Streams

• DevOps and Deployment

o Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployment
o Using CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) o Logging and tracing using ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) or OpenTelemetry (High level understanding)

• Testing Kafka Streams Applications

o Writing unit tests with Mockito and JUnit
o Using TestContainers for integration testing with Kafka o Validating Kafka Streams topologies using TopologyTestDriver

• API developers:

o Experience building REST APIs using Spring Boot
o Experience with Spring Data/Spring Data JPA for connecting to and reading from databases via APIs o Experience writing unit tests using JUnit/Spock o Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins o Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases Nice-to-have Skills:

• Monitoring and Optimization
• Understanding of Kafka Streams metrics (through JMX, Grafana, Prometheus)
• Profiling performance and tuning configurations (buffer sizes, commit intervals)
• Handling out-of-order events and rebalancing issues
• Knowledge of Apache Flink or KSQLDB for alternative stream processing
• Knowledge of Docker, OpenShift
• Experience with tools like Dynatrace for troubleshooting

About CGI: CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs. #LI-SP40