Senior Software Engineer - Data Streaming & Kafka

IBM; Bedford; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in Canada seeks a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the Connect Platform Team, bridging Apache Kafka with enterprise systems and cloud-native connectors. You will architect end-to-end data streaming solutions, lead technical initiatives, and mentor teammates in a fast-paced environment.

You'll work across distributed systems, cloud-native development, and security, delivering scalable, low-latency data pipelines and on-call support for production services.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant software development experience.
• Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, secure, highly available, low latency, high quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with distributed systems, cloud-native development, and secure data integration.
• Architect a complex engineering system from end to end.
• Partner across engineering and other key stakeholders to create and execute the overall roadmap for delivering a top-notch Data Streaming Platform for our customers.
• Evaluate and enhance the efficiency of our platform's technology stack, keeping pace with industry trends and adopting state-of-the-art solutions.
• Solve complicated technical projects with high quality and provide technical guidance to the team in specialized areas.
• Enhance the stability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence across multiple critical systems.

Skills

7+ years software development

Large-scale systems delivery

Hyper-scale distributed systems

Cloud-native technology

Java

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Mentoring technical teams

On-call production experience

Leadership and collaboration

Education

Master's Degree

BS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

IBM Software in Canada seeks a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the Connect Platform Team, bridging Apache Kafka with enterprise systems and cloud-native connectors. You will architect end-to-end data streaming solutions, lead technical initiatives, and mentor teammates in a fast-paced environment.

You'll work across distributed systems, cloud-native development, and security, delivering scalable, low-latency data pipelines and on-call support for production services.