Kafka Developer

Job description

JD: Key Responsibilities - Design and implement scalable real-time data streaming solutions using Apache Kafka - Develop and maintain producers and consumers for high-volume, low-latency data pipelines - Design and manage Kafka topics, partitions, replication, and broker configurations - Build and maintain event-driven microservices architecture - Implement Kafka Streams / ksqlDB for real-time data processing - Ensure message reliability, fault tolerance, and data consistency - Perform performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Kafka clusters - Integrate Kafka with databases, APIs, and third-party systems using Kafka Connect or custom integrations - Collaborate with DevOps teams for deployment, scaling, and automation - Follow best practices for security, schema management, and governance Required Skills - Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (Core, Streams, Connect) - Solid knowledge of distributed systems and event-driven architecture patterns - Experience with java/jvm is required - Knowledgeable in Java, Spring Boot and microservices architecture; Python (python is nice to have) - Good understanding of message serialization  and schema evolution - Knowledge of monitoring tools (Open Telemetry (must) , Prometheus, Grafana, ELK,  Dynatrace (Dynatrace is nice to have) ) - Kafka security to required - Experience/Understanding of Kafka cluster setup, configuration, and administration - Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS) Experience: - 58 years in Kafka development and implementation Share your updated resume to LayeeqA@hexaware.com for quick response