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Momento USA is a global technology consulting talent acquisition and creative development firm that addresses clients most pressing needs and challenges. We are currently looking for a Kafka Architect
Position: Kafka Architect
Location: Pittsburgh PA(preferred) but open for remote as well
Duration: Long Term
Job Summary: We are looking for a Kafka Architect with expertise in EventDriven Architecture (EDA) for Retail to design evaluate and implement scalable realtime event streaming solutions for retail and eCommerce platforms. This role requires handson experience with Apache Kafka Kafka Streams and Kafka Connect to enable seamless data flow across omnichannel retail operations realtime inventory management personalized customer experiences and predictive analytics.Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and implement realtime event streaming platforms for use cases such as realtime inventory tracking fraud detection personalized promotions and dynamic pricing.
- Evaluate and select Kafka deployment models (selfmanaged Confluent AWS MSK Azure Event Hubs etc.) based on business and scalability needs.
- Design highavailability Kafka clusters to handle massive transaction volumes in eCommerce POS systems and digital customer engagement.
- Define best practices for topic management schema evolution (Schema Registry) and partitioning strategies for largescale retail data flows.
- Enable realtime customer data streaming from multiple sources (POS eCommerce platforms loyalty programs IoT devices).
- Build Kafkapowered data pipelines to integrate with ERP CRM WMS OMS and personalization engines.
- Develop stream processing solutions using Kafka Streams and ksqlDB for dynamic promotions order fulfillment and fraud detection.
- Ensure seamless integration with retail analytics platforms like Snowflake Databricks and Google BigQuery.
- Optimize Kafka infrastructure to support seasonal peaks high traffic surges (e.g. Black Friday Cyber Monday) and multichannel order management.
- Implement disaster recovery failover strategies and highavailability configurations for missioncritical retail systems.
- Define security policies for data protection compliance (PCIDSS) and customer privacy regulations (GDPR CCPA).
- Establish monitoring logging and alerting using tools like Prometheus Grafana Splunk and OpenTelemetry.
- Act as the Kafka SME for retail transformation projects educating engineering and business teams on eventdriven capabilities.
- Collaborate with eCommerce supply chain marketing and data science teams to drive realtime decisionmaking.
- Partner with cloud architects DevOps and cybersecurity teams to ensure a secure scalable Kafka ecosystem.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 8 years of experience in designing and implementing eventdriven architectures preferably in retail eCommerce or omnichannel environments.
- Deep expertise in Apache Kafka (Kafka Streams Kafka Connect ksqlDB Schema Registry).
- Strong knowledge of realtime retail analytics demand forecasting and digital customer engagement.
- Experience integrating Kafka with retail POS systems inventory management and order fulfillment platforms.
- Handson experience with microservices and eventdriven patterns (CQRS SAGA Event Sourcing).
- Experience working with cloudbased Kafka implementations (AWS MSK Azure Event Hubs GCP Pub/Sub).
- Proficiency in realtime inventory tracking recommendation engines and fraud detection systems.
- Experience with containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines for Kafka deployments.
- Strong background in monitoring tools and performance tuning for Kafka clusters.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Kafka certification (Confluent Certified Developer/Administrator).
- Experience with realtime pricing customer behavior analytics and personalization engines.
- Knowledge of stream processing frameworks (Flink Spark Streaming) for advanced retail analytics.
- Experience designing Kafkabased architectures for omnichannel retail platforms.
Thanks
Adam Walker
Technical Recruiter
Momento USA Exceeding Customer Expectations
440 Benigno Blvd Unit#A 2nd Floor. Bellmawr NJ 08031
Interstate Business Park
Direct:Tel : (856)Ext 1021; Fax: (866)
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Note: Momento USA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran status or disability status.
Employment Type
Full Time
