Senior Kafka Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 8, 2026.
Hiring : Senior Kafka Engineer (Kafka Admin / Kafka Developer)
Location : Bengaluru
Experience : 6 - 10 Years
Company : Giniminds
Work Mode : Work from office
About role :
Looking for professionals with hands-on experience in :
- Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform
- Kafka Administration
- Kafka Connect
- Kafka Streams
- Java & Spring Boot
- Producer/Consumer Development
- Schema Registry
- Kubernetes & Cloud Platforms
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting
Key Responsibilities :
- Architect and manage large-scale Confluent Kafka clusters to ensure high availability and fault tolerance for enterprise-grade applications.
- Design and implement efficient Kafka API integrations to facilitate seamless data ingestion and consumption across heterogeneous microservices.
- Optimize cluster performance by fine-tuning broker configurations, partition strategies, and consumer group offsets to meet strict latency requirements.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and monitoring workflows to reduce manual intervention and improve system observability.
- Collaborate with software development teams to provide architectural guidance on event-driven design patterns and best practices for data streaming.
- Lead root cause analysis for complex production incidents, implementing long-term fixes to prevent recurrence and enhance system resilience.
Preferred Certifications : CCDAK / CCAAK
Skills
Kafka, Java, Spring Boot, Cloud, Kafka Administration, Kafka API, API Integration