Kafka Platform Engineer

Job Summary

Seeking an experienced Kafka Platform Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent platform environments in a full-time remote role, focusing on end-to-end management of the Kafka platform including security, automation, and developer enablement.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform clusters across on-prem and cloud environments
• Implement strong security on Kafka clusters using SASL, mTLS, ACLs, and RBAC
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and knowledge sharing

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 (partitions, replication, ISRs, consumer groups)
• Strong experience with Kafka security (SASL, mTLS, ACLs, RBAC)
• Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and either Kafka Streams or ksqlDB