Kafka Engineer
Fractal · Bangalore
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Job Summary We are looking for a skilled Kafka Engineer with hands-on experience in Confluent Platform to design, build, and maintain high-performance, real-time data streaming pipelines. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Kafka ecosystem components and be well-versed in deploying and scaling Kafka clusters, both on-prem and in cloud environments. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and manage Kafka and Confluent infrastructure for high throughput streaming applications Implement Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and KSQL (KSQLDB), Flink SQL Ensure high availability, performance tuning, and monitoring of Kafka clusters Collaborate with data engineers and backend teams to integrate streaming pipelines with data lakes, warehouses. Set up and enforce Kafka security mechanisms (SASL, SSL, ACLs, RBAC) Create and manage CI/CD pipelines for Kafka components using tools like Git, Jenkins, etc. Monitor and troubleshoot issues using tools like Confluent Control Center, Data Dog Required Skills Experience in Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform Experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, Schema Registry, KSQL, and Flink SQL Strong background in Java or Python Good understanding of stream processing and event-driven architecture Hands-on experience with cloud platforms: AWS / Azure / GCP (esp. Confluent Cloud) Proficient in Kafka cluster deployment, tuning, and maintenance Familiarity with CI/CD, Git, Helm, and Kubernetes Nice to Have Knowledge of Terraform, Pulumi, or other Infra as Code tools Exposure to Data Ops / Data Engineering ecosystems If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Not the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by clicking Introduce Yourself in the top-right corner of the page or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest! India: Hiringsupport India@fractal.ai Outside India: Hiringsupport ROW@fractal.ai This inbox does not process resume submissions. All applications must be made through posted job openings At Fractal, towards our goal of “powering every human decision in the enterprise”, our partnerships and alliances help in creating and delivering a compelling suite of solutions to unlock value. We partner with companies from around the globe, leaders in their respective fields. With Fractal’s expertise in artificial intelligence, design, engineering, and digital transformation, combined with the data, technology, and software platforms from our partners, we create cutting-edge solutions to problems in the business world. We understand how critical and timely decision triggers, and information, empower our clients to create, unlock, deliver, and realize value. Together with our partners, our goal is to serve each client in their end-to-end data-to-decision journey.