Data Architect & Senior Engineering LeaderElastic Community Organizer
Paulo Mantuano
10+ years architecting full-text search platforms (Elasticsearch, Solr), large-scale Kafka streaming fabrics, web crawlers, and modern data platforms across banking, fintech, and telecommunications[cite: 6].
9TB/Day Kafka Fabric[cite: 6]495 MB/s Throughput[cite: 6]30d → 1h Index Tuning[cite: 6]Iceberg • Confluent Cloud[cite: 6]
Featured Case Study & ArchitectureAugust 2026
Exploring Confluent Tableflow: Bridging Kafka and Modern Data Lake Formats
An in-depth evaluation of Confluent Tableflow on AWS: zero-egress S3 tiering, automated Iceberg metadata compaction, Kora-based consumption, and operational namespace constraints.