# Java Kafka Engineer

Java Kafka Engineer Role and Responsibilities: Strong hands-on 8+ years of experience as Java Developer with strong Kafka expertise to design, develop, and support high-performance, event driven applications Design, develop, and maintain Java based enterprise applications using Spring Boot and microservices architecture. Build and manage event driven systems using Apache Kafka, including producers, consumers, topics, partitions, and schemas Collaborate with architects, business analysts, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable and resilient solutions. Implement RESTful APIs and integrate with downstream and upstream systems. Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning of Kafka and Java applications. Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). Ability to build abstract, modularized reusable code components. Hands-on experience in generating/parsing XML, JSON documents Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and production support activities. Troubleshoot and resolve production issues with a focus on root cause analysis. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Maven/Gradle Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. Exc

- **Id**: 3971074
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/exl-java-kafka-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Pittsburgh, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T07:11:29Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T16:09:24Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3252
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), AI Consulting & Integration, Analytics & BI Consulting

## Company

- **Id**: 38016
- **Name**: EXL
- **Domain**: exlservice.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/exl>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 239
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.983
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 100000
- **Max**: 130000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 130000

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Gradle** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Maven** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Scrum** — Optional: no
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T16:09:15Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 281 · green card filings: 17; Filings 12m: 281

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T16:58:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 130000
- **Is top pay**: no

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