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Kafka Engineer

Delpath
CAPosted March 11, 2026

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Job Description

Developer - Emerging technologies (Big Data, Mobile, Cloud, RPA) - 5

Location Address: Hybrid - 44 King Street W, Toronto – 2 days/week (Monday, Tuesday)

Subject to change: 3–4 days onsite may be required based on business needs

Contract Duration: 3 months (funding is being released 3 months at a time)

Possibility of extension for another 4-5 months & conversion to FTE (HM prefers candidates who are open to convert to FTE)

Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week

Reason: Urgent deliverables and backlog reduction

Typical Day in Role:

  • Contribute to development efforts on the real‑time event streaming platform
  • Build, integrate, and support software solutions
  • Participate in code development, code reviews, and testing cycles
  • Collaborate with product and technical teams to align on requirements and deliverables
  • Attend technical meetings and provide expert input
  • Support solution design and architecture discussions
  • Ensure secure, compliant, high‑quality deliverables
  • Tech Stack - Confluent, Kafka, Kubernetes, GCP, Springboot, microservices

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1) 10+ years of experience as a developer

2) 1+ years’ experience with Confluent/Apache Kafka components (brokers, zookeepers, connects, schema registry, producers, consumers)

3) 1+ years’ experience with Kubernetes

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1) Experience with the client (Scotiabank) and specifically within Data Platforms team

2) 1+ years’ experience with Spring Boot, microservices

3) 1+ years’ experience with GCP (or Azure)

4) Experience working in an Agile environment

Education

Bachelors in technical field (engineering, computer science)

Masters is an asset

Kafka certifications (developer, admin) an asset

Cloud certifications an asset

Best VS. Average Candidate:

Best candidates will:

  • Meet all must‑have and most nice‑to‑have requirements
  • Work independently with minimal ramp‑up time
  • Be capable of building and managing Kafka components end‑to‑end
  • Have Scotiabank/Data Platforms experience (especially under Amit Murumkar)
  • Demonstrate strong technical depth and immediate productivity
  • Learn quickly and adapt to evolving needs

Regards

Deepthi R

Sr. Technical Recruiter

(647) 254-0803‬

Deepthi@delpath.com

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