Senior Streaming Data Engineer — Remote Kafka Platform

Bright Vision Technologies; Folsom (CA); Remote; USD 78,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Streaming Data Engineer for a 100% remote role in the U.S. You will architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka environments supporting mission-critical workloads.

You will own the Kafka platform end-to-end, including sizing, configuration, security, automation, observability, and developer enablement, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver a reliable, scalable streaming platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years in production Apache Kafka/Confluent.
• Deep knowledge of Kafka internals and security.
• Experience with Kafka Connect and Schema Registry.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash or Go.
• IaC experience with Terraform/Ansible.
• Observability tooling for Kafka and strong troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Own Kafka platform end-to-end including sizing, configuration, security, automation.
• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, operations, and business teams.
• Deliver reliable, performant streaming platform and mentor junior engineers.
• Raise the bar through code reviews and design reviews.

Skills

Kafka internals

Kafka security

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

Kafka Streams

Python

Bash

Go

Terraform

Ansible

Observability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Streaming Data Engineer for a 100% remote role in the U.S. You will architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka environments supporting mission-critical workloads.

You will own the Kafka platform end-to-end, including sizing, configuration, security, automation, observability, and developer enablement, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver a reliable, scalable streaming platform.