Looking for Kafka developer/ remote.
No OPT/CPT
Job Summary:
We are looking for a highly skilled Confluent Kafka Developer / Streaming Engineer with 5–8 years of experience in building and maintaining real-time streaming platforms using Confluent Kafka. This role involves working with **Kafka Streams (KStream), **KSQL/ksqlDB, **Kafka Connect, and managing Confluent-based infrastructure to enable scalable, secure, and resilient event-driven systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Kafka Stream Processing
* Design and develop real-time applications using Kafka Streams (KStream) for stateless and stateful transformations, windowing, and joins.
* Create KSQL/ksqlDB streams and tables for on-the-fly analytics and streaming ETL use cases.
* Optimize streaming pipelines for throughput, **latency, and **exactly-once processing guarantees.
Confluent Platform Integration
* Implement Kafka Connect for source/sink connectors (e.g., JDBC, S3, Elasticsearch).
* Manage Schema Registry for Avro/JSON/Protobuf schema evolution with full compatibility controls.
* Utilize Confluent Control Center for visibility into throughput, lag, and health of data pipelines.
Provision and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters on Kubernetes, **OpenShift, or **AWS/GCP using Helm, **Terraform, or **Ansible.
* Configure multi-region replication, **disaster recovery, and **mirror-maker 2.0.
* Monitor and troubleshoot clusters using Prometheus, **Grafana, **Confluent Metrics Reporter, or third-party tools (e.g., **Dynatrace, **Alma).
Required Skills & Experience:
* 5–8 years of experience with Apache Kafka, including 2–4 years on **Confluent Kafka Platform.
* Strong hands-on experience with KStream, **KSQL, and **Kafka Connect.
* Proficiency in Java, **Python, or **Scala for streaming app development.
* Familiarity with distributed systems, **schema evolution, **data consistency, and **idempotency.
* Cloud-native Kafka deployments experience (AWS MSK, Confluent Cloud, or Kubernetes).
* Strong knowledge of Kafka security, **topic design, and **capacity planning.
### Preferred Qualifications:
* Confluent Kafka certification (Developer/Admin) is a plus.
* Experience in event-driven microservices, **IoT, or **real-time analytics.
* Familiarity with Confluent REST Proxy, **Kafka Streams testing libraries, and **ksqlDB UDF/UDAF.
