Job Title: Lead Kafka Developer
Location: Pittsburgh, PA / Cleveland, OH / Columbus, OH - Hybrid (3 days a week in office)
Acceptable time zone(s): EST (candidate must be able to work EST)
Days of the week: Monday - Friday
Working Hours (Flexible): 8:00 am. - 5:00 pm
Duration: 12-month contract
Only on W2
Job description:
Industry background: Banking / FINTECH Crime required
Team Dynamics: The Team consists of 20 members
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Consult with engineering staff to evaluate the interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements and resolve customer problems.
• Advise customer about, or perform, maintenance of software system.
• Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures.
• Inform customers or other departments on project status, proposals and technical issues such as software system design and maintenance.
• Direct software programming and development of documentation.
Must Have Technical Skills:
1. Kafka & event-driven systems - Proficient in Kafka producer and consumer API, Kafka Streams, Schema registry, topic partitioning and performance tuning - MUST have
2. API & Microservices Development - Expertise in Rest APIS and event-driven microservices using Spring Boot, Node.js or similar frameworks - Must Have
3. Experience with Jenkins, Git, Ansible, log monitoring, and Kafka security
Flex Skills/Nice to Have:
1. Unix and Scripting - Strong command of Unix/Linux environments, including shell scripting and performance monitoring - desirable
2. SQL and Data management - Experience with SQL and optimization in Oracle - desirable
Soft Skills:
1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
2. Leadership
3. Conflict Resolution
Education/Certifications: Bachelor's Degree required -(Computer Science Degree preferred)
Interview Process:
1st interview: 60 min (Hiring Manager)
2nd interview: 60 min (Hiring Manager + team members)
(possibility of a 3rd interview)
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