Senior Kafka/AWS Integration Engineer

Job description

**Join Our Team** Oowlish, one of Latin America's rapidly expanding software development companies, is seeking experienced technology professionals to enhance our diverse and vibrant team. As a valued member of Oowlish, you will collaborate with premier clients from the United States and Europe, contributing to pioneering digital solutions. Our commitment to creating a nurturing work environment is recognized by our certification as a Great Place to Work, where you will have opportunities for professional development, growth, and a chance to make a significant international impact. We offer the convenience of remote work, allowing you to craft a work-life balance that suits your personal and professional needs. We're looking for candidates who are passionate about technology, proficient in English, and excited to engage in remote collaboration for a worldwide presence. ## About the Role 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**. You will work alongside the Lead Integration Architect and within the Agile sprint process, implementing solutions based on an established architecture and prioritized backlog. You will work across **Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK, Java, Kafka Connect, Change Data Capture (CDC), AWS serverless technologies, and Infrastructure as Code**, while helping 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. ### Requirements: - **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.** ### Must Have: - 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.** ### Nice to Have: - Experience with **Salesforce CDC or Salesforce event integrations**. - Experience implementing **dead letter queues (DLQs)** and error-handling patterns in event-driven systems. Kafka-AWS-Integration-Engineer.