1 to 25 of 51 Contract Kafka Jobs in the UK

Kafka Admin/DevOps

Hiring Organisation
iBSC
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
Streaming Platform: Kafka, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Streams, ZooKeeper/KRaft DevOps/CI-CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Container Platform: Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Confluent Control Centre Supporting: Terraform, Ansible 1. Core Kafka Expertise (Must-Have) Kafka architecture: brokers, topics, partitions, replication Kafka components: Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Streams, ZooKeeper/Kraft Topic & partition management, consumer groups Performance tuning, retention, throughput optimisation Cluster setup, upgrades, scaling and failover Troubleshooting (eg lag, ISR, leader issues) Security: SSL/TLS, ACLs, authentication, encryption 2. DevOps & Automation ...

Java Full Stack Developer

Hiring Organisation
DCV Technologies
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£475 - £500/day
working within Agile delivery environments. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Desirable Skills Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Knowledge of messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ. Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD tools including Jenkins or GitHub Actions. Understanding of API security frameworks including OAuth2 ...

Senior Full Stack Developer (React & C#.NET)

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
optimise CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated testing and deployment. Architecture Contribution: Contribute to event-driven and distributed system designs using technologies like Kafka or Event Hub. Mentorship: Guide junior developers and foster a collaborative atmosphere within a cross-functional agile team. Soft Skills A strong engineering mindset with ...

Golang Developer

Hiring Organisation
Hirexa Solutions UK
Location
West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£280 - £300 per day
Azure DevOps. Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack. Preferred Skills Experience with event-driven architectures. Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other messaging platforms. Exposure to distributed systems and high-volume transactional environments. Knowledge of gRPC and Protocol Buffers. Experience working in Agile/Scrum ...

Staff Software Engineer (Java, Glasgow)

Hiring Organisation
LMA Recruitment
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £550 per day
DevOps & Cloud: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes , Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions. Data & Messaging: Expert knowledge of Kafka , Apache Flink, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Elasticsearch. Security: Deep understanding of OAuth 2.0, secure web services, and API gateway management. Candidate Profile Enterprise Experience: Proven ...

Backend Developer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£45000 - £50000/annum
Trading Systems: Expert knowledge of FIX protocol , Market Connectivity, and low-latency programming. Messaging & Data Middleware: Proficiency with middle-layer messaging (JMS, MQ, EMS, Kafka) and strong RDBMS concepts (Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL). Cloud & DevOps: Experience with Microservices, Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Unix/Linux scripting ...

Data Engineer (SC Cleared)

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £565 per day
Solid experience with SQL and data modelling concepts Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Nice to Have Skills Experience with data pipeline tools (Airflow, Kafka, Spark) Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases Additional programming experience (Python, Scala) Essential Requirements Active ...

Cloud Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £85 per hour
Nice to Have Experience building cybersecurity or threat detection platforms Exposure to AI/ML security challenges and AI-driven security tooling Experience with Kafka, Pulsar, Splunk, or real-time streaming systems Golang expertise Experience contributing to open-source projects or internal developer platforms Knowledge of Microsoft Copilot ecosystem ...

Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Winsearch
Location
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 68 Hourly
/version control systems - Active DV Clearance essential - Sole British National essential DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE - AWS, Azure or GCP within secure environments - Docker and Kubernetes - Kafka, Spark or additional data engineering technologies WHY APPLY? This is an opportunity to work on highly secure, technically advanced programmes within a complex ...

Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Winsearch
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£68 per hour
/version control systems - Active DV Clearance essential - Sole British National essential DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE - AWS, Azure or GCP within secure environments - Docker and Kubernetes - Kafka, Spark or additional data engineering technologies WHY APPLY? This is an opportunity to work on highly secure, technically advanced programmes within a complex ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £700/day
e.g., Airflow, Databricks Workflows) Strong understanding of data modelling and lakehouse architecture Databricks certifications (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer) Experience with streaming data pipelines (Kafka, Structured Streaming) Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices Knowledge of Delta Lake features (time travel, CDC, optimisation) Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes ...

Staff Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Project Recruit
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
problem-solving and communication skills Written tests in TDD/BDD, Integration test, Performance, Acceptance test and Contract testing. Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka/Azure events hub, other messaging systems. Hands on knowledge and implementation in cloud platforms like Azure & AWS. Experience in defining pipelines for Build ...

Senior Software Engineer (Java / Kotlin)

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£731 per day
microservices architectures Experience working within AWS-based cloud environments Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD experience Experience with event-driven architectures, messaging platforms or Kafka Strong knowledge of reliability engineering, observability, monitoring and incident management Ability to lead technical design initiatives and break down complex problems into deliverable solutions ...

Lead Java Developer - 6 Month - Government - Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Stealth IT Consulting Limited
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£570 per day 570 Inside IR35
Job Title: Lead Java Developer Rate: £570 (Inside IR35) Duration: 6 months Location: Hybrid - Once a week in Leeds and once every quater to Manchester Clearance: BPSS Stages: 1 Stage Must Have Government & Lead Experience ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Huxley Associates
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500/hour
wider data platform modernisation programme Supporting both batch and streaming workloads Tech: Python, Java, Spark, Airflow, SQL, Cloud (AWS/Azure), Kubernetes (Kafka/streaming nice to have) Details: £700/day (Umbrella) 6-month contract 3 days onsite - City of London They're looking for a strong, hands ...

Azure SRE Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Technology
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£575 - £625 per day
Python for automation, integrations, or agent development* Designing SLOs/SLIs across distributed systems* Observability tooling (e.g., Grafana, alerting, synthetic monitoring)* Event-driven architecture (Kafka, Splunk, REST APIs, webhooks)* Cloud security best practices (RBAC, encryption, Private Endpoints)* Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills Interested? Please send your ...

Senior Java Engineer - Payments (ICON IPF)

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
banking environment (this is a must-have!). Cloud & Messaging: Strong experience deploying to AWS and managing high-throughput, asynchronous data with Apache Kafka . Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of ISO 20022 standards, diverse payment types, and global clearing schemes. What You'll Do Architect & Build: Develop high-performance ...

DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Response Informatics
Location
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £300 to £330 per day
cloud-native systems Solid background in Go or Java services and service modernization Strong understanding of failure modes, scaling, and data durability Experience with Kafka or similar distributed/streaming platforms Solid background with Helm, Operators, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) Deep expertise in Kubernetes, especially stateful applications ...

AWS Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Location
South Bank, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 600 Daily
design and shape modern, scalable architectures that support critical government services. Experience Cloud & architecture expertise - strong AWS architecture experience, including event-driven systems (e.g. Kafka) and RESTful API design. Data & public sector experience - experience with document-based databases (e.g. MongoDB) and a solid understanding of public sector governance ...

AWS Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Location
Remote work, South Bank, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£0 - £600/day
design and shape modern, scalable architectures that support critical government services. Experience Cloud & architecture expertise - strong AWS architecture experience, including event-driven systems (e.g. Kafka) and RESTful API design. Data & public sector experience - experience with document-based databases (e.g. MongoDB) and a solid understanding of public sector governance ...

Python Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £550/ day Outside IR35
retries, observability, scaling, and failure handling Engineers who still code heavily day-to-day Highly desirable: IoT, telemetry, or time-series style systems FastAPI Kafka/Service Bus/RabbitMQ/Event Hub Kubernetes Azure-native backend engineering This is a fast-moving contract process with a single technical ...

Technical Lead - AI

Hiring Organisation
Talent Smart
Location
S1, Orchard Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£675 - £700/day
tooling such as Co-Pilot, Claude, OpenCode, or Mistral Experience building agentic AI workflows in enterprise environments Kubernetes and event-driven architecture experience, including Kafka and Google Pub/Sub Public cloud agnostic engineering experience Strong stakeholder engagement and technical leadership capability Additional information available on successful application. ...

Azure Site Relaibility Engineer

Hiring Organisation
WWT EMEA UK LIMITED
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £650 to £700 per day
services: Service Health, Resource Graph, Log Analytics, Logic Apps, Storage Tables, Private Endpoints Implement observability solutions (Grafana, alerting, synthetic monitoring) Build event-driven integrations (Kafka, Splunk, REST APIs) Apply cloud security best practices (RBAC, CMK, encryption, Private Endpoints) Collaborate with stakeholders Key Skills: Strong hands-on Azure platform experience ...

Java Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DCV Technologies
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£475 - £550/day - (Inside IR35)
often non-routine Key Skills/Knowledge: Backend developer with hands on development experience working with Spring, Spring Boot, rest services, Java 8+, Kafka, Building Microservice Strong knowledge of BDD/TDD and Junit Strong Knowledge on the entire software development cycle Experience of working with DevOps tools ...

Software Architect

Hiring Organisation
X4 Group
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Competitive salary
understanding of Domain-Driven Design (DDD). Expertise in API design, security, governance, and API Management technologies. Experience with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, and/or Azure Service Bus. Strong Microsoft Azure experience, including PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS services. Experience working across cloud and on-premise environments. ...