Lead Kafka Developer

Hybrid in Pittsburgh, PA, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 2 days ago
Contract Independent
6 Months
Hybrid
$60 - $70/hr
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Skills

  • Apache Kafka
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Data Engineering
  • IT Management
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Mentorship
  • Messaging
  • Problem Solving
  • Production Support
  • Python
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Scala
  • Streaming

Summary

Job Description -

Lead Kafka Developer Software Engineer Lead

Location: onsite in Pittsburgh, PA (need Local candidates only)

Client Domain: Banking

Duration: 6+ Months

Mode of Interview: ONLINE

Need Proper Linkedin and Local candidates only!

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop Kafka-based streaming architectures and data pipelines.
  • Manage Kafka cluster setup, configuration, tuning, monitoring, and upgrades.
  • Define standards for topic design, schema management, security, and reliability.
  • Collaborate with platform, application, and data engineering teams.
  • Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root-cause analysis.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and code reviews for developers.
  • Support enterprise event-driven solutions and scalable messaging systems.

Requirements

  • Bachelor s Degree or equivalent experience
  • Strong enterprise Kafka engineering experience
  • Experience operating Kafka in production environments
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, event-driven architecture, Kafka operations, and high-throughput data streaming solutions
  • Proficiency with Apache Kafka (Producers, Consumers, Streams, Connectors)
  • Kafka Production Support & Administration
  • Java and/or Scala (Python is a plus)
  • Distributed Systems & Messaging Architectures
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Kafka Monitoring & Performance Optimization
  • Schema Registry Experience
  • Soft Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication, strong leadership and collaboration abilities, problem-solving and troubleshooting expertise, ability to mentor and guide engineering teams

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  • Dice Id: 91099133
  • Position Id: 8968248
  • Posted 2 days ago

Company Info

About Tek Inspirations LLC

TEK Inspirations LLC is a Texas based IT Staffing and consulting company that focuses on highly qualitative, timely delivered and cost-effective offshore software development and Staffing Services. We are committed to attracting, retaining and rewarding the best minds in the business. TEK Inspirations LLC is a place where people can grow and advance their career. We believe in an environment of integrity, trust, and sense of pride. We commit to attract & develop talent and retain a team of motivated & satisfied employees.

TEK Inspirations is committed to provide customer satisfaction through commitment & highest standards of qualitative services with minimum turnaround time. We have extensive experience in providing services to different domains like Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Banking & Financial, and Telecom etc. We are highly focused to our customers in more ways than one. By improving reliability and agility, we enable our customers to achieve sustainable advantage over their competitors.

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