Kafka Developer

Centraprise Corp - Phoenix, AZ

Full-time

Phoenix, AZ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Kafka Developer role involves designing, implementing, and delivering solutions using Kafka architecture and related technologies. The position requires extensive hands-on experience with Kafka, including administration, configuration, and troubleshooting, as well as the ability to work independently and lead efforts in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with the business and IT team to understand business problems and design appropriate solutions using Agile methodology.
• Implement solutions on multiple platforms (DEV, QA, UAT, PROD) independently.
• Provide technical direction, guidance, and reviews to other engineers on the project.
• Administer distributed Kafka clusters in various environments and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Implement and debug subsystems/microservices and components.
• Follow an automate-first/automate-everything philosophy.

Requirements

• 8 - 12 years of experience in software development, with at least 5+ years of hands-on experience in Kafka.
• Deep understanding of Kafka architecture and internals, including brokers, Zookeeper, Producers/Consumers, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams.
• Strong experience with Kafka Connect and KSQL architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka DB connectors for Oracle and MySQL.
• Strong fundamentals in Kafka administration, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Kafka clustering and its fault-tolerance model supporting HA and DR.
• Experience developing KStreams pipelines and deploying KStreams clusters.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for debugging complex issues.
• Experience using agile methodologies for software development.
• Experience developing KSQL queries and understanding best practices for using KSQL vs streams.
• Familiarity with Confluent Control Center or Kafka Monitoring Tool (UI).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamically changing environment.
• Ability to lead efforts and work with minimum supervision.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of Microservices technologies including Spring Boot and Java.
• Experience with Apigee API Integration platform.
• Experience with Appian.
• Knowledge of SQL Server, Oracle, and Stored Procedures.