Associate Principal Engineer (Integration Lead- ESB & Kafka)

👋🏼We're Nagarro. We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at a scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (18500+ experts across 39 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That is where you come in! Requirements - Experience : 9+ years - Strong experience in enterprise integration, with strong hands-on expertise in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and Apache Kafka. - Strong understanding of integration architecture, messaging patterns, event-driven integration, and enterprise integration best practices. - Proven experience leading technical teams, providing hands-on technical guidance, and managing day-to-day delivery execution. - Experience partnering closely with client management, including Deputy Managers and Managers, to drive delivery quality and operational alignment. - Strong expertise in code reviews, technical specification reviews, documentation standards, and integration quality assurance. - Demonstrated ability to manage project timelines, track deliverables, identify risks, resolve technical blockers, and drive issue escalation. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present status updates and communicate risks effectively to client stakeholders. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills. - Ability to take ownership of integration workstreams and maintain transparency, accountability, and delivery discipline. - Experience with Workato integration technology is a significant advantage.Responsibilities - Lead integration workstreams involving Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and Apache Kafka, ensuring high-quality delivery across development, build, and support activities. - Work closely with the clients Deputy Manager to align daily priorities, project objectives, delivery plans, and operational expectations. - Maintain complete visibility of ongoing tasks, track action items, follow up on deliverables, and ensure timely completion within agreed project timelines. - Act as the technical subject matter expert, providing hands-on guidance to developers, resolving technical challenges, and preventing delivery bottlenecks. - Establish and enforce high standards for code quality, technical documentation, integration reliability, and development best practices. - Review technical specification documents to ensure compliance with client’s quality standards and project requirements. - Monitor daily execution, track milestones, identify delivery risks, and implement proactive mitigation measures. - Serve as the primary communication bridge between the integration delivery team and client management. - Provide accurate and structured daily status updates covering task progress, milestones, dependencies, blockers, and risks. - Maintain transparent communication with stakeholders by promptly highlighting technical challenges, bottlenecks, and potential delivery issues. - Proactively escalate critical issues with recommended solutions to facilitate timely decision-making and stakeholder alignment. - Lead and support technical teams, ensuring effective collaboration, accountability, and adherence to delivery commitments. - Contribute to integration development, build, maintenance, and production support activities as required. - Build strong working relationships with client stakeholders and internal teams to ensure smooth execution and continuous improvement. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.