Senior Remote Kafka Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies; EE. UU.; A distancia; USD 82.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. We are seeking a Kafka Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent platforms, owning the system end-to-end and ensuring reliability and developer enablement.

The ideal candidate combines deep Kafka internals knowledge with strong DevOps discipline, and will work with product, design,

Formación

• 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 (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.

Responsabilidades

• Architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent platform environments.
• Own the Kafka platform end-to-end including sizing, configuration, security, automation, and observability.
• Partner with product teams to translate requirements into well-engineered solutions and mentor junior engineers.
• Review designs and code to raise the bar for reliability, performance, and developer enablement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver mission-critical streaming platforms.

Conocimientos

Kafka internals

Kafka security

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

Kafka Streams/ksqlDB

HA/DR strategies

Terraform/Ansible

Python

Bash

Go

Observability tooling

Documentation

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Herramientas

Kubernetes (Strimzi)

Confluent Operator

AWS MSK

Azure Event Hubs Kafka API

Descripción del empleo

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. We are seeking a Kafka Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent platforms, owning the system end-to-end and ensuring reliability and developer enablement.

The ideal candidate combines deep Kafka internals knowledge with strong DevOps discipline, and will work with product, design,