Kafka Developer

Tech Mahindra; Hyderabad, Pune District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mahindra is seeking a skilled engineer to design, develop, and manage Kafka-based data pipelines in a production environment. You will monitor clusters, troubleshoot issues, and support customers while implementing robust REST APIs and API specifications.

The role emphasizes microservices architecture, unit and integration testing, and strong CI/CD practices within a cloud-native stack, using Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining Kafka-based data pipelines.
• Ability to design and implement REST APIs.
• Familiarity with microservices and modern design patterns.
• Strong testing mindset: unit and integration tests.
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and manage Kafka-based data pipelines.
• Monitor and optimize Kafka clusters, troubleshoot issues.
• Handle customer queries and support.
• Create API specifications and REST interfaces.
• Ensure scalable, reliable software with strong SLA compliance.

Skills

Kafka pipelines

REST API design

Microservices

Unit testing

Integration testing

Debugging

Cloud platforms

CI/CD concepts

Software architecture

Cloud-native

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

REST API tooling

Job description

Job Description:

• Design, develop, and manage Kafka-based data pipelines
• Monitor and optimize Kafka clusters
• Troubleshoot Kafka related issues
• Handle customer queries and support
• Experience with REST API design and development
• Ability to write API specifications
• Understanding of microservices architecture and design patterns
• Experience with unit testing and integration testing
• Knowledge of message queues (MQ) or Apache Kafka
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts
• knowledge of cloud platforms
• Able to debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues,
• Attention to details and ability to build reliable and scalable software systems,
• Managing production systems with a strong availability SLA,