Lead Integrations Engineer (AWS & Kafka)

About the role

FaceTree Training and IT Solution is looking for an experienced Lead Integrations Engineer (AWS & Kafka) for a fully remote, part-time position. The engineer designs, develops, implements and maintains enterprise integration solutions using AWS cloud services, Apache Kafka and modern event-driven architectures, working remotely with development and operations teams. The role also includes technical leadership, mentoring engineers, defining integration standards and making sure implementations meet client needs.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable enterprise integration solutions using AWS and Apache Kafka.
• Develop and optimize event-driven architectures, messaging systems, APIs and microservices.
• Build reliable data integration pipelines between internal applications, enterprise platforms and external systems.
• Use AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, S3, IAM, API Gateway, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, ECS and EKS.
• Manage Kafka topics, partitions, producers, consumers and consumer groups.
• Troubleshoot integration failures, performance bottlenecks and distributed system issues.
• Implement security, monitoring, logging, fault tolerance and reliability best practices.
• Collaborate remotely with developers, DevOps engineers, architects and stakeholders, review implementations, maintain documentation and set integration standards.
• Mentor junior engineers and support cloud infrastructure automation and CI/CD processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong professional experience in enterprise application integration, distributed systems or cloud engineering.
• Hands-on expertise in AWS and Apache Kafka.
• Experience designing REST APIs, microservices and event-driven systems.
• Understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns, SOA and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Experience with cloud security, networking, authentication and access management.
• Experience leading technical projects or giving architectural guidance.
• Strong English and ability to work remotely.

Required skills

• Java, Python or similar languages
• AWS and Apache Kafka
• Preferred: Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, GitHub Actions, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana

What we offer

• Real-world enterprise integration and cloud engineering projects
• Fully remote, flexible working arrangement
• Exposure to modern AWS, Kafka and distributed system architectures
• Technical leadership, mentoring and professional growth opportunities