Senior Remote Apache Kafka Platform Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies

Plymouth (MN)

Remote

USD 100,000 - 150,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced Apache Kafka Developer to architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Kafka and Confluent environments in a 100% remote US-based role. You will own the platform end-to-end, including sizing, configuration, security, automation, observability, and developer enablement, partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable streaming workloads.

The ideal candidate brings 6+ years in Kafka production, strong DevOps/SRE practices, and

Qualifications

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