Job Description

Software Engineering Professional

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Job Req ID: 49625
Posting Date: 1 Aug 2025
Function: Software Engineering
Unit: Digital
Location:
RMZ Ecoworld, Devarabeesanahal, Bengaluru, India
Salary: Competitive

Why this job matters

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Our Data and AI vision is to reinvent BT Group as the market leader in AI-powered connectivity, solutions and services, helping businesses, public sector communities and society improve the way they live and work. We'll do this by building foundations to strengthen our core platform, while keeping ethics and responsible delivery at the core and, by harnessing data and AI to reinvent BT Group, solve business and customer problems and drive value through innovation. Underpinning the success of the strategy are our people, using our collective expertise in Data and AI to partner with the organization and drive a data-led culture.

What you'll be doing

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The Confluent Kafka Designer is responsible for designing, and implementing scalable and secure data streaming solutions in a hybrid setup (AWS, GCP, and on-prem) This role involves defining topic structures, schema designs, integration patterns, and performance tuning strategies to support real-time data flow across distributed systems They must be proficient in Kafka Connect integration, stream processing (Kafka Streams/ksqlDB), and hybrid deployment models. The role demands deep knowledge of Confluent Cloud, on-prem clusters, Cluster Linking, and cross-environment data replication The designer ensures robust governance by implementing security controls such as RBAC, ACLs, and encryption, while establishing standards for topic naming, schema evolution, and retention, capacity planning, automation (Terraform, CI/CD), and observability are key responsibilities The role also includes collaboration with application teams, infrastructure, and security stakeholders, along with providing operational support, monitoring guidance, and incident troubleshooting to ensure platform reliability and performance

The skills you'll need to succeed

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Functional Knowledge & Technical Skills

Understanding of Data Architecture, Streaming, Kafka, No-Sql DBs. Experience in setting up Kafka environment on Test and Production if required and troubleshoot issues to build a working environment. Experience in Kafka Administrative aspects like Creating and manging Kafka Cluster, Kafka Zookeeper, Kafka Connect, Kafka SQL, Kafka Producers and Consumers, Kafka Topics, Schema registry, Load balancing techniques, Security, Monitoring, and others Integrating Kafka with multiple Producers and Consumers, Streaming APIs. Practical project experience on Agile and DevOps working model for Automated Build, Deployments and Monitoring techniques Prior experience on design and development of Kafka projects. Self-learner & keep yourself abreast of the business, technology & IT practice changes. Interest in running POCs for new technologies, analyzing considerations, establishing standards and propagating to wider teams

Leadership & Interpersonal Skills

Mentor junior developers and foster a culture of continuous improvement Foster collaborative mindset within the team.

Required Qualification

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Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, IT, or related field. 4+ years of hands-on experience with Kafka development.

Preferred Skills

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Should have knowledge Microservices architecture using Java Spring boot libraries Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or other IAC tools for Kafka resource provisioning

Our leadership standards

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Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT Group was the world's first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK's most recognised and cherished brands - BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.



Over the next two years, we will complete the UK's largest and most successful digital infrastructure project - connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.



While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK's best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country's biggest infrastructure companies.



Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.



We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the , please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.