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Job Type: Permanent
Join a global tech leader right here in Donegal. With over 850 employees and a state‑of‑the‑art global delivery centre, we’re proud to offer world‑class career opportunities without having to leave the Northwest. Recognised as Workplace of the Year by the Letterkenny Chamber, we foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and respect. Our people are at the heart of everything we do – collaborating across teams, geographies, and disciplines to drive real change for clients around the world. Be part of something global, grounded in Donegal.
Careers at TCS: It means more. TCS is a purpose‑led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.
It means more because you will:
Be a Hands‑on developer responsible for building, configuring, testing, and supporting Kafka‑based streaming pipelines, following defined architectural standards.
Grow as a technical leader by mentoring teams and influencing engineering best practices.
The Role
This role provides an opportunity to work as a Technical Architect / Technical Lead on large‑scale application enhancement and modernisation initiatives within the financial services domain. You will play a key role in defining future‑state architecture, driving high‑quality technical delivery, and enabling the adoption of modern development, deployment, and Agile practices across enterprise systems.
Your Responsibilities Kafka Core & Topics
Create and manage Kafka topics with appropriate partitions, replication, retention, and compaction.
Implement topic‑level security (ACLs / RBAC) and naming conventions.
Work with Schema Registry for schema creation and evolution.
ksqlDB
Develop and maintain joins, aggregations, and windowing logic.
Handle error streams, DLQs, and reprocessing logic.
Kafka Streams
Build Kafka Streams applications using KStreams DSL.
Implement stateful and stateless transformations.
Optimize performance and manage state stores.
Extensive IT experience.
4–6+ years on Kafka / Confluent platforms working on Kafka Core, KStream, KSQL, Kafka Connect.
Java and/or Python based Kafka client development.
Experience in regulated Banking environments preferred.
Good understanding of data quality, replay, and recovery patterns.
TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop and access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.
We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon and partner with our local communities in Ireland.
Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Ireland Employment Equality Acts 1998‑2011 (as amended) and the Equal Status Acts 2000‑2012 (as amended).
We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long‑term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at if you would like to opt in.
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Job Info:
Company: Tata Consultancy Services
Position: Kafka Technical Lead
Work Location: Letterkenny
Country: IE
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