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Software Engineer Kafka & Elasticsearch

SightSpectrum LLCKS🇺🇸United StatesPosted 9 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

ROLE SUMMARY

We are looking for a strong backend engineer with expertise across Kafka, Elasticsearch, and Flowable to build scalable event-driven systems and intelligent process automation. This role requires someone comfortable across all three technologies and capable of integrating them into cohesive enterprise solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions. Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs. Prepares technical and procedural documentation required. Facilitates complex problem resolution. Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues. Reviews coding, testing, and documentation of software. Applies modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Design Process Improvements
  • Customer Solutions
  • Application Development
  • Software Solutions
  • Group Problem Solving
  • Customer Needs
  • Release Management
  • User Experience (UX) Design
  • Business Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS MUST HAVE

  • Production experience with Apache Kafka (topic design, consumers/producers, Kafka Streams or Connect)
  • Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch (indexing, querying, cluster management)
  • Experience with Flowable BPM/workflow engine
  • Basic proficiency with AI coding tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or ChatGPT) to assist in code generation and review
  • 5+ years of overall software development experience

TECHNICAL SKILLS NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience with agentic AI frameworks or autonomous AI workflows (e.g. LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI)
  • Kubernetes orchestration experience
  • Experience with .NET or React in a full-stack context
  • Familiarity with data pipeline design and event sourcing
  • Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)

EXPERIENCE

5+ years of software development experience required.

Skills

AWS
Apache
Azure
Data Pipeline
.NET
Google Cloud
Kafka
Kubernetes
React

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