Java Kafka Expert

Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

Note:
Please share your resumes at [email removed].
Only immediate joiners will be considered.

Mandatory Skills:
• Strong experience in Java
• Hands-on experience with Kafka

Skill / Area

Proficiency

What they must be able to do in these repos

Java

Advanced

Build/maintain example modules; debug JVM issues; manage dependencies; write clean APIs.

Spring Framework

Advanced

Correctly apply Spring patterns (DI, configuration, profiles, testing support) in examples.

Spring Boot

Advanced

Maintain Boot apps, starters, actuator/health patterns, configuration management, and upgrades.

Apache Kafka

Advanced

Design, develop, and maintain Kafka producer/consumer applications; configure topics, partitions, consumer groups, retries, and DLQs; troubleshoot messaging issues; optimize throughput and reliability; implement Kafka integrations using Spring Kafka and Event Hub for Kafka.

Build Tooling (Maven/Gradle)

Intermediate+

Keep builds reproducible; manage plugins; handle BOMs and dependency convergence.

Testing (JUnit, Mocking, Integration)

Intermediate+

Add/maintain unit + integration tests; keep tests stable and meaningful.

Docker + Dockerfile Authoring

Advanced

Maintain secure, efficient base images; handle multi-stage builds and debugging.

Git + GitHub

Intermediate+

Clean PRs, reviews, branching discipline, conflict resolution, release tagging practices.

Event Hub Patterns

Intermediate+

Develop and maintain quickstarts for producing and consuming Kafka messages through Azure Event Hubs Kafka endpoint; understand partitioning, consumer groups, scaling, and resiliency patterns.

Testcontainers

Intermediate

Create realistic integration tests for Kafka, Event Hubs, and Java examples without heavy local setup.

GitHub Actions

Intermediate+

Build CI/CD pipelines and implement quality/security checks.