[Hiring] Senior Kafka/AWS Integration Engineer @Oowlish Technology

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Kafka/AWS Integration Engineer to join a project focused on building and productionizing an event-driven middleware platform using Apache Kafka and AWS.

This is a highly hands-on engineering role where you will:

• Build the AWS side of the integration platform, with Salesforce serving as the initial event source.
• Work alongside the Lead Integration Architect and within the Agile sprint process, implementing solutions based on an established architecture and prioritized backlog.
• Work across Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK, Java, Kafka Connect, Change Data Capture (CDC), AWS serverless technologies, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Help establish reliable, testable, and maintainable event-driven integrations.

Responsibilities:

• Provision and configure Amazon MSK clusters, Kafka topics, and schema registry.
• Configure and maintain Kafka Connect and CDC source connectors.
• Build REST-based event ingress using Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda to receive Salesforce events and publish them to Kafka.
• Develop Java stream-processing applications to transform data between Kafka topics.
• Build Java-based integration pipelines to deliver events from outbound topics to downstream systems.
• Implement dead letter queues and error-handling patterns for reliable event processing.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and code coverage.
• Build and maintain infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation, enabling the client's operations team to redeploy and manage the environment.
• Work within the client's Agile/sprint process and collaborate closely with the Lead Integration Architect.
• Create clear technical documentation and provide ongoing knowledge transfer to the client's engineering and operations teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience developing backend and integration solutions with Java.
• Professional experience building event-driven and Kafka-based systems.
• Hands-on experience working with AWS services and cloud-based integrations.
• Experience building and supporting production-grade integration pipelines.
• Strong understanding of automated testing, CI/CD, and production-quality software development practices.
• Comfortable working within an Agile/sprint environment under the direction of a client architect.
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to transfer technical knowledge effectively to client engineering and operations teams.
• Advanced written and verbal English communication skills.

Requirements

• Strong Java development experience, including stream processing and API components.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and Amazon MSK, including:
  • Kafka clusters and topics
  • Kafka Connect
  • Change Data Capture (CDC)
• Experience with Schema Registry, including schema versioning and evolution.
• Strong experience with AWS serverless technologies, including:
  • API Gateway
  • AWS Lambda
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience with AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with automated testing and code coverage.
• Experience building or supporting event-driven integration systems.
• Comfortable working in an Agile/sprint environment under a client architect's direction.
• Strong communication and documentation skills for technical knowledge transfer.
• Advanced written and verbal English communication skills.

Benefits

• Home office;
• Competitive compensation based on experience;
• Career plans to allow for extensive growth in the company;
• International Projects;
• Oowlish English Program (Technical and Conversational);
• Games and Competitions;