Principal Apache Kafka Engineer

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Principal Apache Kafka Engineer at BairesDev

We are seeking a Principal Apache Kafka Engineer to work on distributed data processing systems and real-time analytics. You'll contribute to Apache Kafka and related ecosystem projects (Kafka, Hive, Iceberg), focusing on performance optimization and scalable architecture.

What You'll Do :

• Contribute actively to Apache Kafka and related open source projects as a core contributor.
• Develop and optimize event streaming platforms for high-throughput message processing.
• Build streaming analytics capabilities using Kafka Streams and integration with Apache Spark.
• Enhance Kafka cluster performance, topic configurations, and producer / consumer optimization.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on system integration and deployment.

What we are looking for :

How we make your work (and your life) easier :

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Skills Required

Java, Scala, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka