Senior AWS + Kafka Engineer (Java/Python)

• *Title : Senior AWS + Kafka Engineer (Java/Python)
• *Location:
• *Plano , TX (5 Days Onsite, Face-to-Face Interviews Required)
• *Employment Type: Contract
• *Role Overview**

We are seeking a seasoned

• *Senior AWS + Kafka Engineer**

with 12+ years of experience in designing, developing, and optimizing distributed systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in

• *AWS services (ECS, S3, Lambda, Glue, Airflow)**

and

• *Kafka topic management**

, with strong proficiency in

• *Java**

and

• *Python**

. This is a

• *Dallas-based onsite role**

requiring in-person collaboration and face-to-face interviews.

• *Required Skills
• 12+ years of professional experience in
• *cloud engineering, backend development, or data engineering

.

• Strong expertise in
• *Apache Kafka**

(architecture, schema registry, advanced producers/consumers).

• Hands-on mastery of
• *AWS services**

: ECS, S3, Lambda, Glue, Airflow.

• Advanced proficiency in
• *Java**

(Spring Boot preferred) and

• *Python**

(data engineering, scripting).

• Proven track record in
• *distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and microservices**

.

• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).