Kafka Developer (fulltime and remote opportunity, any location in Mexico is fine)

Primary Responsibilities

Experience with Kafka and Zookeeper

Continuously monitoring the health of the Kafka clusters and setting up alerts to proactively identify and address potential issues

. Identify and troubleshoot job failures, performing basic root cause analysis (RCA) before escalating.

. Ensure timely escalation of persistent issues to developers and data engineers.

. Analyze job run times and identify opportunities for performance tuning.

. Assist in data flow optimization by working with developers on mapping and parameter tuning.

. Monitor cloud resource utilization (CPU, memory, storage) to prevent performance degradation.

. Support scheduled maintenance activities, including system upgrades and patch management.

. Develop basic scripts or alerts to detect job failures proactively.

. Document standard operating procedures (SOPs) for job monitoring and issue resolution.

. Design, implement and test distributed systems for business workflows of CRM

. Integrate with various internal and external services platforms using industry standard protocols such as REST

. Program code by using various backend (not limited to Java, Spring, Guice) and database (not limited to MongoDB, DB2, Elastic Search) technologies

. Work as part of a team to hit delivery milestones and navigate blockers

. Be involved in all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) including effort estimation, gathering of business requirements, design, development, reviewing, building, testing, and deployment of commercial scale software

changes

. Engage with support teams to troubleshoot and solve production issue faced by clients and internal users

. Analyze new tools and technologies for proof of concept and come up with recommendations. Stay current with Java ecosystem technologies

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline

1-3 years of software development experience

Experience in Java or Python

. Excellent object oriented or functional analysis and design skills

· Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Comfortable with multi-tasking, managing multiple stakeholders and working as part of a global team

. Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience in Computer Science or related technical discipline

· Familiarity with SQL, databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake, etc.), and cloud storage (AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage).

. Understanding of API integrations and REST/SOAP-based troubleshooting in Informatica Cloud.

. Experience with log analysis and debugging Informatica job errors.

. Experience with working in Linux environments

Preferred Qualifications

. Knowledge of DevOps processes, CI/CD or scripting (Python, Shell, PowerShell) for automation.

Familiarity with ITIL processes and ticketing systems (ServiceNow, Jira, etc.).

. Programming experience in a complied language such as Java, or Python.

. Experience with Kafka and Zookeeper

Experience building scalable and distributed micro-services

Experience working with relational and no-SQL database systems

Interest and ability to learn frameworks, technologies, and programming languages as needed