Kafka Consultant

We’re seeking a highly skilled, execution-focused Senior Backend Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of experience to join our team. This role demands hands-on expertise in building and scaling distributed systems, strong proficiency in Java, and deep knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure. You will be expected to design robust backend services, optimize performance across storage and caching layers, and enable seamless integrations using modern messaging and CI/CD pipelines.

You’ll be working in a high-scale, high-impact environment where reliability, speed, and efficiency are paramount. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and have a passion for distributed systems, this is the right role for you.

Responsibilities—

• Design, develop, and maintain distributed backend systems at scale.
• Write high-performance, production-grade code in Java.
• Architect and optimize storage systems, ensuring efficient query performance and scalable data models.
• Implement caching strategies to reduce latency and improve system throughput.
• Build and manage services leveraging AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Develop resilient messaging pipelines using Kafka (or equivalent) for real-time data processing.
• Define and streamline CI/CD pipelines, ensuring rapid and reliable deployment cycles.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and apply proactive fixes.
• Drive best practices in software engineering, testing, and code reviews. 

Requirements—

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, with deep hands-on coding experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and familiarity with modern frameworks.
• Proven track record in building scalable distributed systems.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS).
• Solid understanding of messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.
• Strong grasp of query performance optimization and storage system design.
• Experience with caching solutions (Redis, Memcached, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive mindset.

Benefits—

• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
• Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.

About us—

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

Since 2019, Proximity has built high-impact, scalable products used by millions of users every day. Today, we are a global team of engineers, designers, product managers, and experts solving complex problems and building cutting-edge technology at scale.

Job Description: Java Developer

Experience: 5+ Years

Location: Bangalore

Work Mode: Hybrid

Mandatory Skills:

• Strong experience in Java, Spring Boot & Microservices
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
• Experience working with Git, REST APIs & SQL
• Good understanding of Generative AI / GitHub Copilot
• Strong knowledge of software development, debugging and performance optimization
• Good communication and problem-solving skills

Role & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain scalable Java-based applications.
• Develop and integrate Kafka-based event-driven services.
• Utilize Copilot/AI-assisted development tools to improve development productivity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, testing and production support.

Job Description:

We are looking for experienced Java professionals with strong backend development experience to join our technology team. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and related backend technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and Microservices.
• Work with Kafka for event-driven architecture and messaging.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application issues.
• Collaborate with frontend, QA, DevOps, and other technical teams.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical solutioning.
• Ensure application performance, scalability, and reliability.

Primary Skills:

• Core Java
• Spring Boot
• Microservices
• REST API
• Kafka
• SQL / Database

Good to Have:

• React.js
• Cloud technologies
• Docker / Kubernetes
• CI/CD
• Agile/Scrum experience

Job Title: Java Developer with Kafka

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 4–9 Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Java Developer with strong expertise in Apache Kafka to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance enterprise applications. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience building microservices, implementing event-driven architectures, and working with distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications using Spring Boot.
• Build and manage event-driven applications using Apache Kafka.
• Develop RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Integrate applications with databases and third-party systems.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions.

Required Skills

• 5–8 years of experience in Java application development.
• Strong proficiency in Java 8/11/17 and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups).
• Experience developing REST APIs and Microservices.
• Strong understanding of multithreading, collections, and JVM concepts.
• Experience with SQL databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL).
• Familiarity with Git, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is an advantage.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is a plus.
• Good analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with event-driven architecture and distributed systems.
• Exposure to monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Splunk.
• Knowledge of messaging systems and integration patterns.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.

Role: Java Backend Lead

Experience: 9.5+ Years

Location: Hyderabad / Bangalore

Notice Period: Immediate to 15 Days

Interview Process: All Rounds Virtual

Mandatory Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in Java
• Spring Boot
• Microservices
• Kafka
• Strong technical/lead experience

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Java Backend Lead with 9.5+ years of experience in backend application development and technical leadership.

The candidate should have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and Kafka, along with experience leading technical teams and delivering scalable backend solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Develop and maintain Microservices-based applications.
• Work extensively with Kafka for event-driven applications.
• Provide technical leadership and guide development teams.
• Participate in architecture, design, coding, code reviews, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver projects successfully. 

We are looking for a Big Data Engineer to build large-scale data processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Build batch and streaming pipelines with Spark and Kafka
• Manage data in the Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Hive)
• Write Spark jobs in Scala or PySpark
• Tune jobs for performance and cost

Requirements

• 2+ years of big data engineering
• Strong hands-on Spark experience
• Experience with Hadoop, Hive and Kafka

Strong Tech Lead / Staff Engineer / Lead Engineer Profiles

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Mandatory (Experience 1) - Must have minimum 6+ years of overall Software Engineering/Development experience building production backend systems.

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Mandatory (Experience 2) - Must have Tech Lead ownership, with experience setting technical direction, architecture, frameworks, or engineering standards used by other engineers.

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Mandatory (Experience 3) - Must have strong hands-on Backend development experience with deep proficiency in at least one backend programming language. (Python, Java, Golang etc)

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Mandatory (Experience 4) - Must have strong System design/distributed systems experience, including architectural trade-offs, scalability, failure modes, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) - Must have strong CS fundamentals in Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, and Networking, with the ability to apply them to complex backend/system problems

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Mandatory (Experience 6) - Must have owned complex, ambiguous, or business-critical engineering problems end-to-end, demonstrating clear technical judgment, trade-offs, problem-solving, and measurable technical/business impact; not limited to feature implementation.

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Mandatory (Experience 7) - Must have formal technical leadership experience, including mentoring Senior Engineers, conducting design/code reviews, driving engineering quality, and leading technical decisions across a team.

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Mandatory (Experience 8) - Must be a hands-on IC + Tech Lead, with approximately 70–80% hands-on coding/engineering involvement, not a pure people-management profile.

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Mandatory (Company) - Product Companies / Startups / B2B SaaS

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Mandatory (Education) - CS degree or equivalent (B.Tech/B.E./B.S.)

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Preferred (Skills) - Experience with Kafka/NATS/RabbitMQ, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, security/compliance, multi-tenant systems, and financial/billing platforms.