Role Details:
• Title: Kafka Engineer (80% engineering, 20% admin)
• Duration: 1 year
• Location: Remote (PST hours)
• Interview: 1-2 rounds focused on technical knowledge and configuration
Top Skills:
• Kafka Connectors (most important: integration knowledge)
• Configuration experience
• Nice to have: KSQL (Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka)
Job Responsibilities:
• Confluent Kafka administration across multi-DC brokers, connectors, C3, KSQL DB, Rest Proxy, Schema Registry
• Configure and maintain Kafka topics, RBAC, connectors, KSQL, and schema registry
• Ensure Kafka security, scalability, availability, and disaster recovery
• Support Kafka clients in Java, Node.js, and Python
• Basic administration of Apache NiFi (OSS)
• Design and develop Kafka-based solutions using Confluent Kafka, Connectors, KSQL, and NiFi
• Experience with cloud (AWS), data connectors, and queue connectors (design + configuration)
This is a remote position.
Compensation: $45.00 - $50.00 per hour
