Kafka Developer

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Kafka Developer to design, build, and maintain our real-time data streaming and event-driven architecture. In this role, you will work closely with software engineering, data science, and DevOps teams to ensure reliable, high-throughput, and low-latency data pipelines using Apache Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy robust Kafka producers, consumers, and data streaming applications.
• Build and maintain scalable real-time data pipelines using Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, or ksqlDB.
• Configure, monitor, and tune Kafka clusters for optimal performance, high availability, and scalability.
• Integrate Kafka with various enterprise systems, microservices, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and cloud storage platforms.
• Implement enterprise security protocols (SSL, SASL, ACLs) and manage data schemas using Schema Registry.
• Monitor system health, diagnose messaging bottlenecks, and resolve complex production issues in distributed environments.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to champion event-driven architecture patterns and best practices.

Requirements

• Proven experience in designing and deploying event-driven architectures.
• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring framework.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka ecosystem.

Skills

• Apache Kafka
• Java
• Spring
• Kafka Streams
• SQL/NoSQL