Engineering Lead: Kafka & Cloud Infra (Remote-Friendly)

Energy Innovation Corp; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Remote work option

Job summary

Oliver Wyman in Milwaukee, WI is seeking a Director of Engineering to build Java infrastructure from a clean slate, owning the technology outcome with a deep focus on Kafka and AWS. The role blends hands-on delivery with strategic architecture, backed by 12+ years of experience presenting complex tech plans.

You will drive code quality through linting, tests, and static analysis, ensure data integrity across Kafka stores, and guide a hybrid, Milwaukee-based team.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong attention to spellings and accuracy.
• Comfort with a hybrid Milwaukee-based operation.
• Empathy that makes hard feedback land softly.
• Around 10+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role.
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through.
• Willingness to relocate to Milwaukee, WI, or to make remote work.

Responsibilities

• Cut Kafka cold-start times to improve wake times for WI users.
• Keep AWS services humming during Milwaukee's traffic surge.
• Ensure code quality with automated linting, testing, and static analysis.
• Own data integrity across Kafka stores for accurate Milwaukee numbers.
• Read Kafka stack traces and trace bugs to root cause.
• Trace a technology metric through Kafka services until it adds up.

Skills

Java

Kafka

AWS

Leadership

Communication

Quality mindset

Hybrid work

10+ years exp

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Job description

Oliver Wyman in Milwaukee, WI is seeking a Director of Engineering to build Java infrastructure from a clean slate, owning the technology outcome with a deep focus on Kafka and AWS. The role blends hands-on delivery with strategic architecture, backed by 12+ years of experience presenting complex tech plans.

You will drive code quality through linting, tests, and static analysis, ensure data integrity across Kafka stores, and guide a hybrid, Milwaukee-based team.