**Introduction** The AMQ team delivers a high-performance messaging implementation based on ActiveMQ Artemis and ArkMQ, focused on delivering AMQ on both Bare Metal and as a cloud-native messaging solution. **Your Role And Responsibilities** - As a Backend Developer on this team; you will design, develop, and optimize features that enhance AMQ’s performance, scalability, and native execution on modern cloud platforms. - As a member of the AMQ team, you will contribute to enhancing and maintaining the AMQ Kubernetes Operator to deploy AMQ in multiple High Availability and Disaster Recovery scenarios. - You will contribute to upstream development, collaborate with the Apache ActiveMQ and ArkMQ communities, and participate in architectural discussions to ensure alignment with product and technical goals. - You’ll also work closely with teams across QE, documentation, product management, and support to deliver high-quality, enterprise-ready features. This role offers opportunities to engage with the broader open-source ecosystem and contribute to shaping the future of cloud-native integration. **Required Technical And Professional Expertise** - Enterprise Integration: Good understanding of messaging systems, transactional workflows, and Enterprise Integration Patterns. Experience with Apache ActiveMQ Artemis or similar frameworks (e.g., WMQ, RabbitMQ) is a plus. - Cloud-Native Fundamentals: Experience with containerized development (Docker, Kubernetes). Understanding of cloud-native runtimes and Kubernetes Operators (Red Hat Openshift is a plus) - Build & CI/CD Tooling: Proficiency in Maven or GO build tools. Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.). - Testing & Debugging: Solid foundation in test-driven development, integration testing, and debugging distributed applications. **Preferred Technical And Professional Experience** - Contributions to open source projects. - Experience delivering technical presentations, writing blogs, or engaging in developer communities. - Familiarity with Red Hat Middleware products (e.g., Fuse, AMQ, JBoss EAP).