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Principal, Solution Architecture (Kafka & Flink)

USAFull-time$106k–$146k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-09

Core

Design and lead solution architecture for large-scale distributed, event-driven, and streaming systems supporting capital markets clearing operations.

Role type

Principal Solution Architect (Kafka & Flink)

Builds

Next-generation clearing systems and digital transformation platforms for capital markets.

Domain

Capital Markets / Distributed Systems / Streaming Data

Required skills

Event-driven architecture, Microservices, Distributed systems design, Kafka, Kubernetes, Java, Python, C#, Protocol Buffers, Apache Iceberg, Terraform, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, Schema management, Infrastructure-as-code, DevOps practices

Preferred skills

Capital markets industry experience, Flink

Technologies

AWS, ArgoCD, Docker, Git, Jenkins, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Java, Python, C#, Protocol Buffers, Apache Iceberg, OAuth2, OIDC, JWT

Responsibilities

Design application architecture for distributed and enterprise platforms, Establish and uphold architecture standards across engineering teams, Design systems for streaming and batch data flows, Guide architecture of Kafka-based message-driven systems, Lead solution architecture from concept through implementation, Mentor engineering teams in architecture and distributed systems practices