Confluent Kafka Senior Developer

Role: Confluent Kafka Senior Developer/Architect

Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and operations microservice architecture integration patterns

Deep understanding of different messaging paradigms (pub/sub queuing) as well as delivery models qualityofservice and faulttolerance architectures

Established track record with Kafka technology with handson production experience and a deep understanding of the Kafka architecture and internals of how it works along with interplay of architectural components: brokers Zookeeper producers/consumers Kafka Connect Kafka Streams

Practical experience with how to scale Kafka KStreams and Connector infrastructures.

Experience with Kafka Streams / KSQL architecture and associated clustering model.

Handson experience as a developer who has used the Kafka API to build producer and consumer applications along with expertise in implementing KStreams components.

Have developed KStreams pipelines as well as deployed KStreams clusters.

Experience with developing KSQL queries and best practices of using KSQL vs KStreams

Strong knowledge of the Kafka Connect framework with experience using several connector types: HTTP REST proxy JMS File SFTP JDBC.

Experience using Source/sink connectors asRDBMS NoSQL data stores.

Handson experience in designing writing and operationalizing new Kafka Connectors using the framework

Strong familiarity of data formats such as XML JSON Avro CSV etc. along with serialization/deserialization options

Familiarity of the Schema Registry

Experience with monitoring Kafka infrastructure along with related components (Connectors KStreams and other producer/consumer apps)

Familiarity with Confluent Control CenterFirm understanding of SDLC (systems development lifecycle)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Excellent analytical and troubleshooting abilities

Prior experience in banking / financial services industry and firm understanding of the banking data landscape.