Role: Kafka Flink Engineer Location: Melbourne, VIC Experience: 7+ yrs Job Type: Permanent Key Responsibilities Develop custom integration code using Java / Spring Boot for source system connectivity where managed connectors are not applicable.
Build and maintain Kafka producers and consumers, topic integration logic and event-driven services on Confluent Cloud / NGIP.
Develop and maintain Flink SQL / stream processing logic for transformation, enrichment, validation, routing and de-duplication.
Implement integration with Schema Registry, topic schemas and message validation controls.
Support HTTP / API-based integrations through Kong Gateway for NGIP to target application communication.
Configure and support HTTP Sink delivery patterns, including payload mapping, retries and failure handling.
Troubleshoot and resolve integration,



streaming and message-delivery issues in collaboration with platform and application teams.
Document integration designs, schemas and operational procedures, and contribute to team standards and best practices.
Must-Have Skills Java / Spring Boot development for custom source-system integration.
Kafka producer / consumer development and topic integration logic on Confluent Cloud / NGIP.
Flink SQL / stream processing for transformation, enrichment, validation, routing and de-duplication.
Schema Registry integration, topic schema management and message validation controls.
HTTP / API-based integration via Kong Gateway (NGIP to target application communication).
HTTP Sink configuration and support: payload mapping, retries and failure handling.

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