Software Engineer - Python, AWS, Kafka

My client are looking for multiple Software Engineers to join on a contract basis to build the real-time backbone of a high-volume platform. This is a software engineering role first, with a serious data streaming component.
Millions of events move through this platform every day, and the business needs them handled in near real time. You’ll design and build the services that make that happen, working in Python on AWS with Kafka at the centre.

What you’ll be doing

• Building and running event-driven services and streaming pipelines at enterprise scale
• Writing production-grade Python, with solid engineering habits (testing, CI/CD, code review)
• Working with Kafka (MSK or Confluent) and AWS services like Kinesis, Lambda, ECS/EKS and Glue
• Owning latency, throughput and reliability, not just shipping pipelines
• Working with product and data teams to get data where it needs to be, fast

What you’ll bring

• Strong software engineering background, with Python as your main language (Java, Go, Scala or .NET also welcome)
• Proven Kafka experience at scale in an enterprise environment
• Hands-on AWS, especially streaming and data services
• Microservices and API experience
• Experience with low latency or high-volume systems

Nice to have

• Databricks / Spark Structured Streaming
• Flink or Kafka Streams
• Terraform, Kubernetes

The details

• 6-month rolling contract (most people here stay for years)
• Hybrid, 3 days a week in the Melbourne CBD
• Melbourne based with full working rights, no sponsorship

If this sounds like it could be a good fit for you, please drop me an email at brooke@nuagetg.io today!