Kafka Platform Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Fri, May 22, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Seeking an experienced Kafka Platform Engineer, the full-time remote position will architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent platform environments, ensuring reliable and performant event-driven workloads.

Key Responsibilities
  • Architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform clusters across on-prem and cloud environments
  • Implement strong security measures on Kafka clusters and operate related tools like Schema Registry and Kafka Connect in production
  • Mentor junior engineers and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for support and onboarding
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • Five or more years of experience operating Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform in production
  • Deep, hands-on knowledge of Kafka internals and strong experience with Kafka security
  • Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and Kafka Streams or ksqlDB
  • Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go

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