r Java Kafka Engineer

Role Name - Sr Java Kafka Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC

Rate: $95/hr

Key Responsibilities

Application Development & Architecture

• Design and develop enterprise-grade full-stack applications.
• Build and maintain microservices using Java 17+, Spring Boot
• Design highly scalable RESTful APIs and event-driven systems.
• Implement resilient architectures leveraging Kafka and Flink for real-time data processing.
• Develop responsive front-end applications using Angular/React.

Streaming & Real-Time Data Processing

• Design Kafka topics, partitions, consumer groups, schemas, and message contracts.
• Implement Confluent Kafka solutions including:

o Kafka Connect

o Schema Registry

o Stream Processing

o Monitoring and Governance

• Develop and optimize Apache Flink streaming jobs for:

o Real-time analytics

o Data transformation

o Event enrichment

o Stateful stream processing

Cloud & DevOps

• Design and deploy solutions on AWS.
• Work with:

o Lambda

o S3

o RDS

o DynamoDB

o API Gateway

o CloudWatch

o IAM

• Build CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS Code Pipeline.

Python Development

• Develop Python utilities and automation frameworks.
• Build data-processing workflows and batch jobs.
• Create operational scripts and monitoring tools.

Performance Engineering

• Develop and execute JMeter performance tests.
• Identify application bottlenecks.
• Tune Kafka consumers/producers.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 7-13 years of software engineering experience.
• Hands-on working exp with Confluent Kafka and Apache Flink applications
• Hands-on AWS development experience

Technical Skills

Backend

• Java 11/17+
• Spring Boot
• Microservices Architecture

Messaging

• Confluent Kafka
• Kafka Connect
• Schema Registry
• Event Streaming

Stream Processing

• Apache Flink
• Stateful Processing
• Windowing
• Checkpointing

Front End

• Angular or React
• TypeScript
• HTML5
• CSS3

Cloud

• AWS Services
• Testing
• JUnit
• Mockito
• JMeter

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.