Kafka Engineer
Core
Design, build, and maintain event-driven data pipelines and real-time streaming applications using Apache Kafka.
Role type
Senior IC Kafka Engineer
Builds
Scalable real-time data streaming platforms and event-driven microservices
Domain
Cloud-native backend engineering, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Apache Kafka, Java (11+), Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, MongoDB, CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins, Bamboo)
Preferred skills
AWS or Google Cloud, Prometheus, Splunk, ELK stack
Technologies
Kafka, Java, Spring, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, AWS, GCP, Prometheus, Splunk, ELK
Responsibilities
Develop and optimize Kafka-based streaming architectures, implement Java microservices with Spring Boot, manage containerized deployments, integrate with cloud monitoring tools
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
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