Kafka Engineer - AWS MSK & Event-Driven Systems

HCL Technologies Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in Canada seeks a skilled Apache Kafka specialist to design, build, and support event-driven applications using Kafka producers, consumers, and topics. The role emphasizes strong AWS MSK/ECS experience and hands-on troubleshooting, monitoring, and performance tuning to ensure reliable Kafka workloads.

Strong communication and analytical skills are essential. The position targets candidates with 4–5 years of software development and a focus on scalable, reliable data

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of software development experience with Apache Kafka expertise.
• Experience building and supporting Kafka producers, consumers, topics, and event-driven applications.
• Strong AWS experience, particularly Amazon MSK and ECS.
• Understanding of Kafka scalability, reliability, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Production support experience, monitoring, and performance tuning of Kafka workloads.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Skills

Kafka

AWS MSK

ECS

Event-driven

Producers/Consumers

Topic management

Troubleshooting

Production support

Monitoring

Performance tuning

Analytical skills

Communication

Job description

HCL Technologies Limited in Canada seeks a skilled Apache Kafka specialist to design, build, and support event-driven applications using Kafka producers, consumers, and topics. The role emphasizes strong AWS MSK/ECS experience and hands-on troubleshooting, monitoring, and performance tuning to ensure reliable Kafka workloads.

Strong communication and analytical skills are essential. The position targets candidates with 4–5 years of software development and a focus on scalable, reliable data