Lead Kafka Developer, Apache Kafka & Distributed Systems
Overview
The Lead Kafka Developer will own the design, development, and operation of scalable, high-throughput event-streaming platforms built on Apache Kafka at scale. This role blends hands-on Kafka coding with distributed systems expertise, event-driven architecture, production support, and technical leadership. You will establish engineering best practices, guide Kafka application development, and design streaming architectures for reliable, low-latency data pipelines within a collaborative team.
What You'll Do5
- 1Build and maintain streaming pipelines using Kafka to ensure high availability and low latency
- 2Design streaming architectures and lead implementation of event-driven solutions
- 3Lead Kafka application development and code reviews to raise engineering standards
- 4Operate and support production Kafka clusters, monitor health and perform incident response
- 5Mentor engineers, enforce best practices, and collaborate with stakeholders to align on outcomes
Requirements5
- 1Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 25+ years building and maintaining data streaming systems with Kafka
- 3Strong background in distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and production support
- 4Experience designing and operating large-scale streaming pipelines
- 5Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams
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