Kafka Pipelines Built for Real-Time Load
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Built for load, designed for longevity
Kafka isn’t just a tool—it’s infrastructure. Curotec helps engineering teams build durable pipelines, resilient processing, and clean, lasting code. From streaming events to decoupling services or modernizing workflows, we ensure high performance and reliability.
Our capabilities include:
- Event-driven architecture design
- High-throughput pipeline engineering
- Stream processing with Kafka Streams
- Fault-tolerant architecture design
- Cross-stack integration
- Deployment-ready code
Who we support
From fast-moving SaaS teams to enterprise-scale operations, we work with engineering leaders who need Kafka pipelines built right—clean, fault-tolerant, and ready for production.
Early-Stage Product Teams
You’re building the foundation. We help you implement Kafka from day one with architecture that’s lightweight, resilient, and future-ready, without overengineering.
Scaling Engineering Orgs
As your load increases, so does the margin for error. We help teams optimize event-driven infrastructure, boost throughput, and reduce latency without exceeding the sprint budget.
Enterprise Platform Teams
Governance, uptime, and auditability matter. We bring Kafka into complex environments with clear controls, secure configurations, and infrastructure that plays well with the rest of your stack.
Ways to engage
We offer a wide range of engagement models to meet our clients’ needs. From hourly consultation to fully managed solutions, our engagement models are designed to be flexible and customizable.
Staff Augmentation
Get access to on-demand product and engineering team talent that gives your company the flexibility to scale up and down as business needs ebb and flow.
Retainer Services
Retainers are perfect for companies that have a fully built product in maintenance mode. We'll give you peace of mind by keeping your software running, secure, and up to date.
Project Engagement
Project-based contracts that can range from small-scale audit and strategy sessions to more intricate replatforming or build from scratch initiatives.
We'll spec out a custom engagement model for you
Invested in creating success and defining new standards
At Curotec, we do more than deliver cutting-edge solutions — we build lasting partnerships. It’s the trust and collaboration we foster with our clients that make CEOs, CTOs, and CMOs consistently choose Curotec as their go-to partner.
Why choose Curotec for Kafka development?
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Extraordinary people, exceptional outcomes
Our outstanding team represents our greatest asset. With business acumen, we translate objectives into solutions. Intellectual agility drives efficient software development problem-solving. Superior communication ensures seamless teamwork integration.
2
Deep technical expertise
We don’t claim to be experts in every framework and language. Instead, we focus on the tech ecosystems in which we excel, selecting engagements that align with our competencies for optimal results. Moreover, we offer pre-developed components and scaffolding to save you time and money.
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Balancing innovation with practicality
We stay ahead of industry trends and innovations, avoiding the hype of every new technology fad. Focusing on innovations with real commercial potential, we guide you through the ever-changing tech landscape, helping you embrace proven technologies and cutting-edge advancements.
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Flexibility in our approach
We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to meet your specific needs. Whether you prefer our end-to-end project delivery, embedding our experts within your teams, or consulting and retainer options, we have a solution designed to suit you.
Enterprise Kafka implementations
High-Throughput Event Streaming
Fault-Tolerant Pipeline Design
Stream Processing & Analytics
Multi-System Integration
Monitoring & Observability
Secure Data Transport
Kafka implementation tools and frameworks
Stream Processing & Data Transformation
Curotec builds real-time pipelines to process, enrich, and route streaming data with low latency and exactly-once processing guarantees.
- Kafka Streams API – Lightweight stream processing library for stateful transformations, windowing operations, and event-time processing.
- Apache Flink Integration – Complex event processing with low-latency state management and fault-tolerant checkpointing mechanisms.
- Schema Evolution & Validation – Avro and Protobuf schema management with backward compatibility and automatic data validation.
- Custom Serializers & Deserializers – Optimized data encoding strategies for JSON, Avro, and binary formats with compression support.
- Windowing & Aggregation Logic – Time-based and session windowing for real-time analytics with tumbling, hopping, and sliding windows.
- Dead Letter Queue Handling – Error processing workflows that capture failed messages for debugging and reprocessing without data loss.
Cluster Management & Deployment
We manage cluster operations and deployment strategies to ensure high availability and seamless scaling in production.
- Kubernetes Operator Deployment – Strimzi and Confluent operators for automated cluster provisioning, rolling updates, and resource management.
- Infrastructure as Code – Terraform and Helm charts for reproducible cluster deployments with version-controlled configurations.
- Multi-Zone Replication – Cross-availability zone broker distribution with rack awareness and partition replica placement strategies.
- Rolling Update Automation – Zero-downtime cluster upgrades with automated broker restarts and leader election management.
- Capacity Planning Tools – Resource monitoring and scaling automation based on throughput metrics and partition distribution analysis.
- Backup & Disaster Recovery – MirrorMaker 2.0 configuration for cross-cluster replication and automated failover procedures.
Monitoring & Performance Optimization
Our monitoring stack offers full visibility into cluster performance and consumer lag with automated alerts for proactive issue resolution.
- JMX Metrics Collection – Prometheus integration with custom dashboards for broker performance, throughput, and resource utilization tracking.
- Consumer Lag Monitoring – Real-time lag tracking with Burrow and Kafka Manager for identifying processing bottlenecks and backpressure.
- Distributed Tracing – Jaeger and Zipkin integration for end-to-end message flow visibility across microservices and processing stages.
- Performance Profiling Tools – JProfiler and async-profiler analysis for identifying memory leaks and CPU bottlenecks in streaming applications.
- Alerting & Anomaly Detection – PagerDuty and Slack integration with machine learning-based threshold detection for unusual traffic patterns.
- Load Testing Frameworks – Custom load generators and kafka-producer-perf-test for capacity planning and performance validation.
Security & Access Control
We implement enterprise-grade security with encryption, authentication, and fine-grained access policies to protect streaming data.
- SASL/SCRAM Authentication – Secure credential management with LDAP integration and automated user provisioning for enterprise environments.
- TLS Encryption Configuration – End-to-end encryption for client-broker and inter-broker communication with certificate management automation.
- ACL Policy Management – Topic-level access controls with role-based permissions and automated policy enforcement across environments.
- OAuth 2.0 Integration – Token-based authentication with enterprise identity providers like Active Directory and Okta.
- Data Masking & Anonymization – Stream-level data protection with field-level encryption and PII redaction for compliance requirements.
- Audit Logging & Compliance – Comprehensive access logging with SIEM integration for SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance tracking.
Schema Management & Serialization
Curotec manages data contracts and serialization strategies that ensure compatibility and performance across evolving streaming architectures.
- Confluent Schema Registry – Centralized schema versioning with backward and forward compatibility validation for Avro, JSON, and Protobuf formats.
- Schema Evolution Strategies – Automated compatibility testing and migration tools for safe schema updates without breaking downstream consumers.
- Custom Serialization Libraries – High-performance binary serializers with compression algorithms optimized for streaming workloads.
- Data Contract Testing – Automated validation frameworks that ensure producer-consumer compatibility across development environments.
- Format Conversion Pipelines – Real-time transformation between JSON, Avro, and Protobuf with schema inference and validation.
- Version Management Tools – Git-based schema repositories with CI/CD integration for controlled schema deployment and rollback procedures.
Integration & Connector Frameworks
We build reliable data pipelines that connect Kafka with existing systems using battle-tested connectors and custom integration patterns.
- Kafka Connect Ecosystem – Pre-built and custom connectors for databases, cloud storage, and enterprise systems with automated offset management.
- Database Change Data Capture – Debezium integration for real-time MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB change streams with transaction log processing.
- Cloud Storage Connectors – S3, GCS, and Azure Blob integration with partitioning strategies and automatic file format conversion.
- API Gateway Integration – REST and GraphQL endpoint connectors with rate limiting, authentication, and error handling mechanisms.
- Message Queue Bridging – RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, and SQS integration for hybrid messaging architectures and migration strategies.
- Custom Connector Development – Bespoke integration solutions for legacy systems and proprietary APIs with fault tolerance and exactly-once semantics.
FAQs about our streaming infrastructure
How do you handle Kafka at enterprise scale?
We design for high availability from the start. Multi-zone replication, automated failover, and capacity planning ensure your streaming infrastructure scales with your business without losing performance.
What's your approach to data consistency and ordering?
We use exactly-once semantics and partition-key strategies to guarantee message ordering where it matters, preventing duplicate processing or lost events.
Can you integrate Kafka with our existing data systems?
Absolutely. We connect to any database, API, or message queue using proven connectors and custom patterns, ensuring seamless integration with your current setup.
How do you keep streaming pipelines from becoming bottlenecks?
We monitor consumer lag, optimize partitioning, and handle backpressure effectively. Performance issues are resolved before they affect your applications.
What happens when schema requirements change?
We manage schema evolution with backward compatibility testing and automated tools, deploying changes safely without breaking consumers or requiring downtime.
How do you ensure streaming data is secure and compliant?
We implement end-to-end encryption, role-based access controls, and audit logging, meeting SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR requirements without slowing performance.
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