Senior Kafka Engineer / Lead Streaming Engineer

Washington, MA, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 4 hours ago

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NAAS Technologies

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Job Details

Skills

Deep understanding of Confluent Kafka components
including Brokers
Schema Registry
Control Center
and Connect.

Summary

Job Title: Senior Kafka Engineer / Lead Streaming Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design: Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant Kafka-based data pipelines.
Administration: Manage, configure, and upgrade large-scale Confluent Kafka clusters (on-prem or cloud, e.g., MSK).
Performance Tuning: Monitor system health (PrometheGrafana/ELK) and tune Kafka producers, consumers, and brokers for optimal throughput and low latency.
Engineering & Development: Develop Kafka applications using Java/Scala or Python, leveraging Kafka Streams API and Kafka Connect (JDBC, MongoDB, S3).
DevOps & Infrastructure: Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
Data Governance: Manage schema evolution, RBAC, Multi-tenancy, and security measures for streaming data.
Leadership: Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and partner with application teams to design robust solutions.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 10+ years of total experience in software engineering, with at least 3-5 years specializing in Apache Kafka.
Kafka Expertise: Deep understanding of Confluent Kafka components, including Brokers, Schema Registry, Control Center, and Connect.
Cloud Proficiency: Hands-on experience with AWS (MSK), Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Programming Skills: Proficient in Java or Scala (primary), and Python.
Infrastructure: Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins.
Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Preferred Skills

Expertise in setting up Data Retention policies and Disaster Recovery for Kafka.
Understanding of distributed system design.
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across technology and business teams.

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Dice Id: 91163647
Position Id: 2026-415
Posted 1 day ago

Company Info

About NAAS Technologies

NAAS Technologies is one of the fastest growing IT Services Company. Our services are of wide range starting from Application Software development, IT consulting, Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, DevOps Engineering, Quality Assurance and Training.

We provide services to several clients in Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, HealthCare and several other sectors. We are focused on providing solutions and services to our client that are cost effective with a quality deliverable while offering a work life balanced environment to our consultants.

With the current trend of Technology Transformation at a rapid pace in the industry, our mission is to train and provide opportunity for our consultants to expertise and create a competitive environment.

Above said, we have a team of expertise to collaborate, get to the root of the problem statement while understanding business, limitations, environment and provide a cost-effective solution with minimal time to market.

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