Senior Java Kafka Architect — Real-Time Data, AWS

Tech Mirrors; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 79,556 - 113,307; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Sr Java Kafka Architect to design and build enterprise-grade, event-driven systems. You will lead the creation of scalable microservices using Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, and Kafka-based streaming with Flink, while delivering responsive front-end work with Angular or React.

The role requires hands-on AWS development and experience with CI/CD pipelines, plus expertise in Kafka topics, schemas, and performance tuning.

Qualifications

• 713 years of software engineering experience.
• Hands-on working exp with Confluent Kafka and Apache Flink applications
• Hands-on AWS development experience

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise-grade full-stack applications.
• Build and maintain microservices using Java 17+, Spring Boot.
• Design scalable RESTful APIs and event-driven systems.
• Implement resilient architectures leveraging Kafka and Flink for real-time data processing.
• Develop front-end applications using Angular/React.
• Design Kafka topics, partitions, consumer groups, schemas, and message contracts.
• Develop and optimize Apache Flink streaming jobs for real-time analytics and stateful processing.
• Design and deploy solutions on AWS and build CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Java development

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

Unit testing

Tools

Confluent Kafka

Apache Flink

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

Angular

React

Job description

Tech Mirrors in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Sr Java Kafka Architect to design and build enterprise-grade, event-driven systems. You will lead the creation of scalable microservices using Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, and Kafka-based streaming with Flink, while delivering responsive front-end work with Angular or React.

The role requires hands-on AWS development and experience with CI/CD pipelines, plus expertise in Kafka topics, schemas, and performance tuning.