Kafka Architect

Lead/Architect level requirement to assist on building out Kafka platform and specifically with focus on Flink; Should be able to contribute to design, propose, and evaluate solutions. Should also be hands‑on with development and lead the Kafka development team.

Description

• Expert‑level architecture and implementation experience of Flink applications on Confluent Platform, specifically for high‑volume, low‑latency stream processing.
• Extensive experience architecting, implementing, and administering the Confluent Cloud Kafka and Flink platform in production environments.
• Advanced proficiency in core Flink concepts including state management (Keyed/Operator State, RocksDB), Exactly‑Once semantics, and configuring checkpointing and savepoints for fault tolerance.
• Deep knowledge of Event Time processing, Watermarks (Bounded Out‑of‑Orderness), and complex Windowing (Tumbling, Sliding, Session) for accurate s...