Senior Software Engineer

Description

The **Event Streaming - Senior Software Engineer** is responsible for leading event streaming solutions using Confluent Kafka, Redpanda.
- Key Responsibilities***
- Lead the design and architecture of event streaming solutions using Confluent Kafka, Redpanda ensuring scalability, high availability, and real-time data processing capabilities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather integration requirements and translate them into effective solutions.
- Provide technical direction to the team in implementing event streaming solutions using Confluent Kafka, including topics, partitions, producers, consumers, and connectors.
- Mentor and guide team members on best practices for event-driven architecture and integration.
- Ensure that deployment workflows are consistent, well-documented, and aligned with industry best practices.
- Manage configuration settings, environment variables, and performance tuning parameters for Confluent Kafka clusters and associated tools.
- Implement monitoring and alerting mechanisms to ensure the health and performance of event streaming platforms.
- Lead and manage a team of build engineers, including recruitment, training, performance evaluation, and career development.
- Cultivate a collaborative team culture that encourages innovation, continuous learning, and excellence.
- Work with stakeholders to gather integration requirements and provide technical solutions for event streaming use cases.
- Identify opportunities for automation in event streaming processes and implement tool enhancements to streamline build, deployment, and monitoring workflows.
- Evaluate and implement relevant tools and technologies to improve efficiency.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for event streaming processes, standards, best practices, and troubleshooting guidelines.
- Provide training and workshops to internal teams on effectively using event streaming tools and platforms.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience designing, implementing, and managing event streaming solutions using Confluent Kafka/Apache Kafka, Redpanda(1Yr).
- Hands on with microservices architecture, containerization (Docker), and Kubernetes, GitOps etc.
- Strong understanding of event-driven architecture, real-time data processing, and streaming technologies.
- Previous experience leading technical teams, fostering growth, and building a collaborative work environment.
- Proficiency in scripting languages for automation, such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
- Familiarity with configuration management tools, monitoring tools, and build automation tools.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Knowledge of Apache Kafka and related components within the Confluent platform is highly advantageous.
- Relevant certifications in event streaming technologies, such as Confluent Certified Developer or Confluent Certified Operator, are a plus.

**Qualifications**:

- 5 years of experience designing, implementing, and managing event streaming solutions using Confluent Kafka/Apache Kafka, Redpanda(1Yr).
- Hands on with microservices architecture, containerization (Docker), and Kubernetes, GitOps etc.
- Strong understanding of event-driven architecture, real-time data processing, and streaming technologies.
- Previous experience leading technical teams, fostering growth, and building a collaborative work environment.
- Proficiency in scripting languages for automation, such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
- Familiarity with configuration management tools, monitoring tools, and build automation tools.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Knowledge of Apache Kafka and related components within the Confluent platform is highly advantageous.
- Relevant certifications in event streaming technologies, such as Confluent Certified Developer or Confluent Certified Operator, are a plus.

Primary Location Asia Pacific-India-Karnataka-Bangalore

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