Lead Kafka Developer

Pittsburgh, PA · 2 months ago

About the job

Job Title: Lead Kafka Developer – Software Engineer Lead Location: Pittsburgh, PA Type: Contract Compensation: Contractor Work Model: Onsite – onsite Hours: 40.0 Responsibilities • Design and develop Kafka-based streaming architectures and data pipelines. • Manage Kafka cluster setup, configuration, tuning, monitoring, and upgrades. • Define standards for topic design, schema management, security, and reliability. • Collaborate with platform, application, and data engineering teams. • Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root-cause analysis. • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and code reviews for developers. • Support enterprise event-driven solutions and scalable...