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 while ensuring high availability and security for mission-critical 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 associated tools like Schema Registry and Kafka Connect
• Mentor junior engineers and lead incident response for streaming workloads, ensuring durable and well-documented outcomes

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 mechanisms
• Experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and HA/DR strategies for Kafka
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go, along with hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools