Remote Python Developer

Python Developer – Kafka & CDC IntegrationRequired Skills & Experience:3-5 years of hands-on Python development experienceStrong experience building and supporting Kafka producers and consumersExperience with CDC (Change Data Capture) events and real-time data integrationStrong understanding of Kafka topics, partitions, consumer groups, offsets, retention, and delivery guaranteesExperience with Apache Kafka and/or Confluent KafkaExperience developing REST APIs and microservicesExperience with JSON, Avro, and schema-driven messaging patternsUnderstanding of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and event-driven architectureExperience with Git-based source control and CI/CD pipelinesNice to Have Skills & Experience:FastAPI, Flask, kafka-python, or confluent-kafka experienceStrong SQL Server database experience.NET Core / ASP.NET Core developmentAngular and TypeScript experienceExperience with Debezium, HVR/Fivetran, or other CDC toolsKafka Connect and Schema Registry experienceDynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, or Prometheus exposureHealthcare, payer, provider, claims, eligibility, or member domain experienceFull-stack development experience with Python or.NET backend and Angular front-endJob Description:Insight Global is seeking a Python Developer – Kafka & CDC Integration for a leading healthcare client. This candidate will join a high-impact project focused on enrollment through fulfillment initiatives and real-time data integration. The ideal candidate will have strong Python development experience coupled with expertise in Kafka event streaming and CDC technologies. They will be responsible for designing and building scalable event-driven solutions, developing Kafka producers and consumers, integrating CDC platforms with enterprise architectures, and supporting real-time data movement across critical business systems. This is an excellent opportunity for a developer who enjoys working with modern integration technologies, distributed systems, microservices, and large-scale healthcare data environments in a fully remote setting. Visa candidates will be considered.• Develop and maintain Python applications for Kafka event publishing and consumption• Build scalable Kafka producers and consumers for real-time integrations• Process, transform, enrich, and route CDC events across enterprise systems• Integrate CDC platforms such as Debezium or HVR with Kafka architectures• Implement retry handling, idempotent processing, and Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) strategies• Develop RESTful APIs and microservices supporting event-driven solutions• Collaborate with architects, analysts, and engineering teams on integration design• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Kafka-based applications• Participate in code reviews, testing, deployments, and production support• Create and maintain technical documentation and operational runbooks• Follow enterprise security, governance, and coding standards