Senior Kafka Platform Engineer - Remote

Bright Vision Technologies; Kirkland (WA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced Apache Kafka Developer for a fully remote US role. You will architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Kafka and Confluent platforms, owning the stack end-to-end from cluster sizing to security and observability.

You will partner with product, engineering, and operations teams to translate requirements into reliable streaming solutions, mentor junior engineers, and raise the bar with code reviews and design discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience operating Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform in production.
• Deep knowledge of Kafka internals (partitions, replication, ISRs, consumer groups).
• Strong experience with Kafka security (SASL, mTLS, ACLs, RBAC).
• Hands-on with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and Kafka Streams or ksqlDB.
• Experience with HA/DR for Kafka.
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Infra-as-code with Terraform/Ansible; observability for Kafka.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own the Kafka platform end-to-end: sizing, configuration, security, automation.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and ops teams to deliver reliable streaming platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to design and code reviews.
• Raise the bar through documentation, testing, and operational discipline.

Skills

Kafka production experience

Kafka security

Kafka Connect/Schema Registry

Terraform/Ansible (IaC)

Python/Bash/Go scripting

Observability tooling

Troubleshooting & documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related

Confluent Certified Administrator/Developer

Tools

Confluent Platform

Kubernetes (Strimzi/Confluent Operator)

AWS MSK / Azure Event Hubs Kafka API

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced Apache Kafka Developer for a fully remote US role. You will architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Kafka and Confluent platforms, owning the stack end-to-end from cluster sizing to security and observability.

You will partner with product, engineering, and operations teams to translate requirements into reliable streaming solutions, mentor junior engineers, and raise the bar with code reviews and design discussions.