Ingenworks ยท 1 day ago
Kafka Platform Engineer
Irvine, CA
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expIngenworks is seeking a Kafka Platform Engineer to join their team in Irvine, CA. The primary responsibility of this role is to develop and manage Kafka platforms, ensuring effective deployment and integration with microservices while utilizing tools like Terraform and Kubernetes.
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Hiring Manager
Leela Kumari
Responsibilities
8+ years in platform engineering with 3+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
Proficiency in Kafka client development using Java or Python
Expertise with Confluent Platform (Brokers, Schema Registry, Control Center, ksqlDB)
Experience deploying and managing Kafka on AWS (including MSK or self-managed EC2-based setups)
Solid understanding of Kubernetes, especially EKS, for microservices integration
Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and schema management
Infrastructure automation experience with Terraform and Helm
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting stacks: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar
Qualification
Required
8+ years in platform engineering with 3+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
Proficiency in Kafka client development using Java or Python
Expertise with Confluent Platform (Brokers, Schema Registry, Control Center, ksqlDB)
Experience deploying and managing Kafka on AWS (including MSK or self-managed EC2-based setups)
Solid understanding of Kubernetes, especially EKS, for microservices integration
Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and schema management
Infrastructure automation experience with Terraform and Helm
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting stacks: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar
Must Have: Confluent Kafka, Terraform, Kubernetes, EKS
Certification: Kafka Certification mandatory
Preferred
Prior experience in the FinTech domain or other regulated industries
Understanding of security best practices including TLS, authentication (SASL, OAuth), RBAC, and encryption at rest
Exposure to Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, or other stream processing engines
Experience establishing Kafka governance frameworks and multi-tenant topic strategies
Company
Ingenworks
Ingenworks is a software firm.
2-10 employees
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Funding
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