Kafka Platform Engineer

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 event-driven workloads while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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 and operate Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams 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 security practices
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible