Tech Lead - Python/Golang/Kafka

Job Description: Technical Lead EngineerWe are looking for a highly skilled Technical Lead Engineer with deep expertise in AWS cloud-native architecture and event-driven data platform engineering. This role leads the design and delivery of a complex AWS modernization program, migrating a legacy event pipeline to a modern architecture built on Amazon DynamoDB Streams, Amazon MSK (Kafka), and Amazon EKS. The Technical Lead will own end-to-end technical delivery — from architecture and pipeline design through integration testing, CI/CD setup, and documentation handoff.Key Responsibilities· Architecture & Design: Drive end-to-end technical design and hands-on delivery of event-driven data pipelines on AWS; define service boundaries, integration patterns, and technical approach in close collaboration with the engineering team.· Event Pipeline Engineering: Build and configure Amazon DynamoDB Streams producers and AWS Lambda connector functions; implement Amazon MSK (Kafka) entity linkages and own topic schema validation.· Backfill Pipeline Engineering: Build and lead execution of S3 and Lambda-orchestrated backfill pipelines; define per-stage validation criteria and rollback strategies.· Integration Testing: Own end-to-end integration testing to validate data fidelity across distributed pipeline components; define acceptance criteria and sign off on fidelity targets.· Container Migration: Lead migration of services from AWS Lambda to Amazon EKS; build and maintain CircleCI and ArgoCD CI/CD pipelines for containerised deployments.· Technical Leadership: Contribute to and review all engineering deliverables; define Definition of Done criteria per phase; champion code quality, test coverage, and security standards across the team.· Documentation & Handoff: Produce deployment runbooks, pipeline documentation, architecture diagrams, and AWS Well-Architected alignment summaries.· Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate cross-team technical dependencies; liaise with client engineering and AWS platform teams; escalate blockers promptly.Technical Requirements (Must Have)· Strong hands-on experience on Python· Experience on GoLang, Kafka· Hands-on experience with Kafka schema registry and topic governance.· Strong hands-on experience on Dynamo DB streaming and AWS Lamda· Strong hands-on experience on ArgoCD / Helm· Experience with any CI/CD pipeline tooling (preferably CircleCI, , Jenkins, or GitHub Actions) · Infrastructure as Code· Experience with Observability tools like New RelicGood to Have· Experience on TypeScript· Experience on Amazon SNS , Amazon SQS· Familiar with AWS architecture best practices· New Relic or Splunk for EKS service observability. Education & Experience· Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.· 6+ years of backend or cloud engineering experience.· 3+ years in a technical lead or senior engineer role with end-to-end delivery ownership.· Strong written communication — architecture documents and stakeholder-ready reports.

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