Civil Engineer

CBRE Group; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 63,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day work week

Coaching for Kafka skills

Job summary

CBRE Group in Wichita, KS seeks a Civil Engineer who blends Python systems with startup grit to keep Kafka-powered data moving under pressure. The role offers a $63,000-$95,000 salary and a four-day flex week, with ongoing coaching to deepen Kafka skills.

You'll reverse-engineer, map data flows, fix regressions in staging, and ship a Git client rewrite that reduces debt while delivering production-ready features to our local customers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience demonstrated via cross-functional work.
• Proven ability to work with Python and Kafka in production.
• Experience with gRPC and .NET Core in a distributed system.

Responsibilities

• Reverse-engineer Kafka format and stabilize it in production.
• Catch Kafka regressions in staging before reaching customers.
• Map data flow across services and spot leaks.
• Ship a Git client rewrite to reduce technical debt.
• Move features from whiteboard to Wichita production without disruption.
• Integrate .NET Core events into the gRPC pipeline for reporting.

Skills

Written communication

Presentation to leadership

Flexibility

Trust-building

Tools

Kafka

gRPC

.NET Core

Git

Python

Job description

Half craft, half stubbornness, our Civil Engineer role asks you to make Python systems behave under pressure they were never promised. What you're really weighing is $63,000 - $95,000 against 4 years, with technology ownership and CBRE Group growth tipping the scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Reverse-engineer the quietly-excellent Kafka format CBRE Group inherited and never documented
• Catch the fast-growing Kafka regression in staging before it ever reaches Wichita customers
• Map data flow across CBRE Group's gRPC services and spot the leaks
• Ship the Git client-centric rewrite that pays down years of CBRE Group technical debt
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Wichita, KS production without dropping the baton
• Stitch .NET Core events into the gRPC pipeline feeding CBRE Group's technology reports

What You'll Bring

• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
• A sharp-but-gentle attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
• A solid foundation in Flexibility, refined over 3+ years
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to mid-level leadership
• 5+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• Working understanding of both Git and Python in real-world settings

CBRE Group is the documentation-first KS company that built its name on technology work nobody else wanted to do properly. The calmly-fast-moving pace here is real, but so is the permission to log off and recover.

At CBRE Group, you'll find $63,000 - $95,000, a four-day flex week option, and ongoing coaching to deepen your Kafka skills.