Technology Engineer - Kafka & Streaming Platform

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Workplace: on_site

Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Technology Engineer with strong expertise in Kafka, Cloud, and CI/CD ecosystems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in building and managing high-throughput streaming platforms and cloud-native applications, along with a solid understanding of event-driven architecture and modern DevOps practices.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage high-throughput Kafka clusters in production environments
• Configure, monitor, and optimize Kafka for scalability, reliability, and performance
• Work with real-time streaming data pipelines and large-scale distributed systems
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.
• Implement GitOps practices for deployment and infrastructure management
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop cloud-native applications
• Automate infrastructure and deployments using cloud automation tools
• Ensure system reliability, observability, and fault tolerance in streaming systems
• Apply design patterns and best practices in system architecture and development

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka in high-throughput environments
• Experience with source control systems (Git)
• Expertise in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, ArgoCD
• Good exposure to public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OCI)
• Experience working with large-scale streaming datasets
• Knowledge of event-driven and streaming architectures
• Familiarity with cloud-native development and container platforms (OpenShift/Kubernetes)
• Strong understanding of GitOps methodology
• Proficiency in automation tools and scripting
• Solid understanding of software design patterns and system design principles

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OpenShift or Kubernetes environments
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform
• Exposure to monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana
• Prior experience in banking or financial services domain is a plus

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment