Senior Data Platform & Kafka Engineer (Remote)

Cardinal Health; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 81,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day with my

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Software & Information Platforms professional in a remote Ohio-based role. The position focuses on validating data, resolving complex issues, and building event-driven applications using Kafka with Java or Python.

You will collaborate with multiple teams to ensure robust data flows and scalable integrations. The ideal candidate has 2–4 years of experience and a related degree or equivalent work background.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Validates hypotheses with data and proposes fixes.
• Collaborates across apps, platforms, and SRE teams to resolve complex issues.
• Develops and maintains Kafka producers and consumers using Java, Python, or similar technologies.
• Assist in designing and implementing event-driven applications.
• Creates and maintains Kafka topics, consumer groups, and message schemas.

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field preferred

Equivalent work experience preferred

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a Software & Information Platforms professional in a remote Ohio-based role. The position focuses on validating data, resolving complex issues, and building event-driven applications using Kafka with Java or Python.

You will collaborate with multiple teams to ensure robust data flows and scalable integrations. The ideal candidate has 2–4 years of experience and a related degree or equivalent work background.