Principal Kafka Engineer

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Principal Kafka Engineer

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Job Summary

We are seeking a Principal Kafka Engineer to lead the management, scaling, and optimization of our enterprise event-streaming ecosystem. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Apache/Confluent Kafka, applies object-oriented programming principles to advanced automation, and uses ITSM practices to support reliable, high-quality service delivery.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 3–5+ years of Kafka administration experience and 10+ years in software development or systems engineering.

Technical Skills :

o Expertise in Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform, including Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Avro, and KSQL.

o Proficient in Cluster Management - Zookeeper, KRaft

o Strong object-oriented programming skills; Java, Go, Python

o Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Salt.

o Java backend development experience with Spring Boot.

o Solid understanding of software design patterns.

o Strong knowledge of architecture and design concepts, with the ability to create and maintain architecture artifacts.

o Proficient in containerization technology such as Docker, Kubernetes etc.

o Expertise in DevOps, CI/CD, and GitHub Actions.

o Expertise in Domain Driven Design and Enterprise Application Integration.

o Experience with observability, telemetry, and APM tools such as dynaTrace.

o Good understanding of networking, storage, virtualization, and other infrastructure architecture.

• Self-starter with a goal-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Expertise in supporting a Highly Available Low Latent Enterprise Application in Production environment(s).
• Experience working with globally distributed team(s).
• Frameworks: Solid understanding of ITSM/ITIL frameworks and Agile methodologies.