Senior Kafka Developer || Excellent Pay with Hybrid Flexibility

Senior Kafka Developer || Hybrid (3 Days/Week In Office)

Role: Senior Kafka DeveloperLocation: Melbourne, VIC (3 Days/Week In Office)

Responsibilities:

- Develop custom integration code using Java / Spring Boot for source system connectivity where managed connectors are not applicable
- Build and maintain Kafka producers / 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, payload mapping, retries, and failure handling
- Perform unit / component testing for custom code, Flink jobs, and interface logic.
- Support SIT, pipeline testing, defect fixing, replay, and root-cause analysis during test execution
- Support E2E testing with downstream teams and resolve integration issues across connectors, transformations, APIs, and Kafka topics
- Work with GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build, deployment, regression automation, and release support

Must-have Skills:

- Develop custom integration code using Java / Spring Boot for source system connectivity where managed connectors are not applicable.




- Build and maintain Kafka producers / 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, payload mapping, retries, and failure handling.

Valuable-to-Have Skills:

- Confluent Certified Developer/Administrator
- Experience with stream governance, RBAC, and tiered storage
- Background in data engineering, ETL, or microservices architecture
- Familiarity with traditional messaging systems and data warehouses
- Experience in Agile methodologies and DevOps practices

What you need to do now
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📌 Senior Kafka Developer (Melbourne)
🏢 Hays Recruitment
📍 Melbourne