Kafka Developer

Overview

On Site
$60 Per hour
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent

Skills

docker
Kubernetes
kafka
Apache kafka
Kafka Streams

Job Details

Job Title: Kafka Developer

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid 3 days onsite per week)

Duration: Long-Term Contract

Job Summary

Client is seeking a highly skilled Kafka Developer to join its Enterprise Data & Messaging team. This role will focus on designing, building, and maintaining real-time streaming applications leveraging Apache Kafka. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and event-driven architecture, with a proven ability to deliver scalable, resilient, and high-performance data pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain Kafka producers, consumers, streams, and connectors.
  • Implement real-time data pipelines and event-driven microservices using Kafka and Spring Boot.
  • Collaborate with architects and engineers to integrate Kafka solutions with core banking and enterprise applications.
  • Manage and optimize Kafka clusters, ensuring scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot topics, partitions, consumer groups, and offsets to maintain system health.
  • Apply best practices in security, compliance, and governance in BFSI environments.
  • Work in Agile/Scrum teams, participate in sprint planning, and ensure CI/CD integration with GitHub, Jenkins, and Harness.

Required Skills

  • 8 10 years of software development experience, with a strong focus on Java (Spring Boot, Microservices).
  • 4+ years of hands-on Kafka experience (Kafka Streams, Connect, Schema Registry, Confluent or MSK). Strong expertise in event-driven architecture and messaging patterns.
  • Solid knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases and integration with streaming pipelines.
  • Experience deploying on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub, Jenkins, Harness, UrbanCode).
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Banking/Financial Services domain experience preferred.
  • Nice to Have Exposure to Spark, Hadoop, or other big data ecosystems.
  • Experience with monitoring tools (Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus). Kafka certification (Confluent or equivalent) is a plus.
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