Senior Kafka Engineer

Hiring: Senior Kafka Lead / Senior Kafka Engineer | Remote

We are looking for a Senior Kafka Lead / Senior Kafka Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka, Azure, and Enterprise Integration.

Work Mode: Remote

Timings: 1:00 PM 10:00 PM IST

What Youll Be Doing

* Design, develop, implement & support Kafka-based real-time streaming solutions on Azure

* Configure and manage Kafka topics, partitions, producers, consumers, consumer groups, offsets & replication

* Build integrations with SQL/SQL Server, .NET/C#, Salesforce & MDM platforms

* Troubleshoot production issues and ensure Kafka reliability, scalability & high availability

* Perform monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning & optimization

* Implement Kafka best practices around security, fault tolerance & scalability

* Collaborate with application, data, cloud & integration teams

* Handle production support, incident management, RCA & complex issue resolution

* Lead technical discussions and guide/mentor team members

* Contribute to solution design and event-driven integration strategies

Mandatory Skills

Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka

Kafka implementation, development, configuration & troubleshooting

Strong understanding of Kafka architecture

Experience with Azure Cloud

Integration experience with SQL/SQL Server, .NET/C#, Salesforce or MDM

Real-time / event-driven integration experience

Strong production support & troubleshooting skills

Kafka security, monitoring, performance tuning, scalability & HA

Strong communication and technical leadership skills

Good to Have

* MuleSoft / Anypoint Platform

* API-led connectivity & REST API integrations

* Enterprise integration platforms

* Hybrid integration solutions involving Kafka, APIs & cloud platforms

Preferred Profile:

Candidates with strong Kafka + Azure + Enterprise Integration experience will be preferred. MuleSoft experience is an added advantage but not mandatory.