Kafka Engineer / Senior Kafka Engineer

We are seeking Singapore-based Engineers with strong experience in Apache Kafka and/or Confluent Kafka. Candidates with Java development expertise and experience supporting enterprise-scale event-driven platforms are highly preferred. Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain Kafka clusters across Production, UAT, and Development environments.

• Deploy and manage Kafka clusters using KRaft and ZooKeeper architectures.

• Configure and maintain topics, partitions, replication, retention policies, SSL/TLS encryption, and ACL-based security.

• Troubleshoot Kafka-related issues including broker failures, consumer lag, replication delays, partition imbalances, and performance bottlenecks.

• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and high-availability implementations.

• Develop, support, and troubleshoot Java/Spring Boot applications integrated with Kafka.

• Implement monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, Confluent Control Center, and Splunk.

• Support CI/CD and automation initiatives using Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Linux scripting.

• Collaborate with Development, QA, and Operations teams to deliver reliable and scalable event-driven solutions.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and/or Confluent Kafka

• Experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, ksqlDB

• Knowledge of KRaft and ZooKeeper architectures

• Strong proficiency in Java (preferred) and Spring Boot

• Linux administration (RHEL/Ubuntu)

• Monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana

• CI/CD tools including Jenkins and Git

• Container technologies: Docker and Kubernetes

• Strong troubleshooting and production support skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Banking, Healthcare, or other regulated environments

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies

• Exposure to DevOps and automation practices

• Knowledge of database technologies such as Oracle, MongoDB, or SQL Server