Kafka Data Engineer

Compunnel, Inc.

📍 Montreal, Montreal (administrative region), Canada

Full-time Other-General Posted February 24, 2026

Job Description

We are seeking a Kafka Data Engineer to join the team responsible for the development and maintenance of the firm's Trade Capture data stores, which handle large volumes of transactional big data for real-time and archival processing. This role requires both hands-on technical skills and the ability to collaborate across global teams, working closely with business owners, operations, and infrastructure partners to support critical trading applications and data pipelines.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Configure and manage Kafka clusters (Kafka plants) to support high-performance trading applications.
  • Build and maintain monitoring and observability tools to proactively predict, detect, and prevent system outages.
  • Collaborate with application developers and infrastructure teams to diagnose production issues and implement effective solutions.
  • Participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospec...