Description

You will own the migration of self-managed Kafka clusters to AWS MSK and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices with React or Angular frontends.

This role is on-site.

Responsibilities

• Lead the migration of on-premises or self-managed Kafka clusters to AWS MSK, including planning, sizing, replication, and production cutovers.
• Design, develop, and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs that publish and consume Kafka events.
• Build and enhance full-stack applications using modern frontend technologies (React or Angular) where required.
• Refactor Kafka producers and consumers to support AWS MSK, including IAM authentication, TLS, networking, and security best practices.
• Partner with DevOps teams to provision infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation and ensure secure, compliant implementations.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with Java-based enterprise applications.
• Strong expertise in Java (8/11/17), Spring Boot, and RESTful API development.
• Deep experience with Apache Kafka, including Producers, consumers, Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry (Avro or Protobuf).
• Proven experience implementing or migrating workloads to AWS MSK (including MSK Connect or MSK Serverless).
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda, S3, and Secrets Manager.
• Experience building full-stack applications using React or Angular.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or GitLab CI), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation), and container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or MongoDB.

Preferred Skills

• Experience migrating from self-managed or Confluent Kafka environments to AWS MSK.
• Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience.
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer Associate, or similar).

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree