Messaging (Kafka) Engineer - Hybrid

Messaging (Kafka) Engineer Key Responsibilities: • Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-throughput messaging solutions using Confluent Kafka, Google Pub/Sub Lite, and Azure Service Bus. • Develop and maintain Kafka topics, schemas, producers, and consumers to support real-time data pipelines and event-driven architectures. • Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to integrate messaging systems into cloud-native microservices and blockchain-based platforms. • Ensure message durability, ordering, and replayability for financial transactions, including those related to corporate actions and collateral lifecycle events. • Monitor and tune messaging infrastructure for performance, reliability, and compliance with regulatory requirements. • Contribute to the development of internal standards and best practices for messaging and data streaming across hybrid cloud environments.

Technical skills: • 5+ years of experience in distributed systems engineering with a focus on messaging and event streaming. • Deep expertise in Confluent Kafka (including Schema Registry, Connect, and KSQL), with hands-on experience in production environments. • Experience with Google Pub/Sub Lite and Azure Service Bus, including hybrid integration patterns. • Proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala for building Kafka clients and stream processors. Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation