Job Title: Lead Kafka Developer – Software Engineer Lead
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Type: Contract
Compensation:
Contractor Work Model: Onsite – onsite
Hours: 40.0
Security Clearance:

Responsibilities


+ Design and develop Kafka-based streaming architectures and data pipelines.

+ Manage Kafka cluster setup, configuration, tuning, monitoring, and upgrades.

+ Define standards for topic design, schema management, security, and reliability.

+ Collaborate with platform, application, and data engineering teams.

+ Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root-cause analysis.

+ Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and code reviews for developers.

+ Support enterprise event-driven solutions and scalable messaging systems.

Requirements

+ Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

+ Strong enterprise Kafka engineering experience

+ Experience operating ...