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Kafka EngineerEXL • bangalore, India
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Kafka Engineer

Kafka Engineer

EXL • bangalore, India
1 day ago
Job description

Role - Kafka Engineer

Skills Required : Kafka, Java, SQL

Experience : 5-8 Years

Location : Hyderabad (3 Days a Week)

We are looking for a skilled Kafka Engineer with 5–7 years of experience in designing, building, and maintaining real-time streaming pipelines using Apache Kafka. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java-based development , Kafka architecture, and CI / CD integration. You’ll play a key role in enabling real-time data processing and ensuring the scalability, fault tolerance, and governance of data streaming across our enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Design and maintain Kafka-based streaming pipelines for high-throughput, low-latency real-time data processing.
  • Ensure scalability , fault tolerance , and schema governance using tools like Schema Registry (Avro / Protobuf) .
  • Develop robust Kafka producers and consumers using Java , adhering to performance and reliability standards.
  • Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate CI / CD pipelines , deployment, and infrastructure provisioning for Kafka components.
  • Implement security best practices including encryption, authentication, and access control for Kafka clusters.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Kafka cluster health, latency, throughput, and message delivery guarantees.
  • Document architecture, deployment strategies, and operational runbooks for Kafka-based systems.
  • Participate in code reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and architectural discussions.

Must-Have Skills :

  • 5–7 years of experience in backend or data engineering, with strong focus on Apache Kafka .
  • Proficiency in Java for building Kafka producers / consumers and integration with backend services.
  • Deep understanding of Kafka internals (brokers, partitions, consumer groups, offsets, replication, etc.).
  • Experience with schema management using Confluent Schema Registry , Avro, or Protobuf.
  • Experience with CI / CD pipelines for Kafka component deployment and integration.
  • Strong collaboration skills with DevOps teams to manage Kafka infrastructure , security, and automation.
  • Solid understanding of real-time data processing concepts , fault tolerance, and data consistency.
  • Good-to-Have Skills :

  • Experience with Kafka Streams , ksqlDB , or Apache Flink for stream processing.
  • Familiarity with Kafka Connect and connectors for data ingestion and export.
  • Exposure to Confluent Kafka Platform and Kafka REST Proxy .
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Grafana, ELK Stack).
  • Understanding of container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or OpenShift.
  • Knowledge of cloud-native Kafka deployments (AWS MSK).
  • Familiarity with Spring Boot for integrating Kafka in microservice environments
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