Senior Software Engineer - Kafka & gRPC

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

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.