Kafka Engineer managing real-time streaming pipelines with a focus on scaling and fault tolerance. Collaborating with DevOps teams to automate deployments and monitoring for enterprise systems.
Responsibilities
Design and maintain Kafka-based streaming pipelines for high-throughput, low-latency real-time data processing
Ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and schema governance using tools like Schema Registry (Avro/Protobuf)
Develop robust Kafka producers and consumers using Java, adhering to performance and reliability standards
Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate CI/CD pipelines, deployment, and infrastructure provisioning for Kafka components
Monitor and troubleshoot Kafka cluster health, latency, throughput, and message delivery guarantees
Document architecture, deployment strategies, and operational runbooks for Kafka-based systems
Participate in code reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and architectural discussions.
Requirements
5–7 years of experience in backend or data engineering, with strong focus on Apache Kafka
Proficiency in Java for building Kafka producers/consumers and integration with backend services
Deep understanding of Kafka internals (brokers, partitions, consumer groups, offsets, replication, etc.)
Experience with schema management using Confluent Schema Registry, Avro, or Protobuf
Experience with CI/CD pipelines for Kafka component deployment and integration
Strong collaboration skills with DevOps teams to manage Kafka infrastructure, security, and automation
Solid understanding of real-time data processing concepts, fault tolerance, and data consistency.
Benefits
Hybrid work environment
Security best practices including encryption, authentication, and access control for Kafka clusters
Collaboration with DevOps teams
Job title
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