Apache Kafka Developer

Bright Vision Technologies • Highlands Ranch, CO

1d • $100,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced Kafka Platform Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform environments for mission-critical event-driven workloads. The role owns the Kafka platform end-to-end, including cluster sizing, configuration, security, automation, observability, and developer enablement. The successful candidate will combine deep Kafka internals knowledge with DevOps and SRE practices and partner with application teams to provide a reliable, performant, developer-friendly streaming platform.

The developer will work with product, design, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to turn ambiguous requirements into well-engineered solutions. The role also involves contributing to code and design reviews and mentoring junior engineers. Strong engineering discipline, clear communication, and a record of delivering production-ready work are expected. The position is 100% remote in the U.S., full-time, and direct W2. Salary is $100,000–$150,000 annually. The employer cannot sponsor new H-1B petitions; U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

• 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, including partitions, replication, ISRs, and consumer groups.
• Strong experience with Kafka security, including SASL, mTLS, ACLs, and RBAC.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and either Kafka Streams or ksqlDB.
• Experience with high-availability and disaster-recovery strategies for Kafka.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Working knowledge of observability tooling for Kafka.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Confluent Certified Administrator or Developer credentials.
• Experience operating Kafka on Kubernetes, such as with Strimzi or Confluent Operator.
• Exposure to managed Kafka services, such as AWS MSK or Azure Event Hubs Kafka API.
• Familiarity with stream-processing frameworks such as Flink or Spark Streaming.
• Experience with data governance and lineage for streaming data.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform environments.
• Own the Kafka platform end-to-end, including cluster sizing, configuration, security, automation, observability, and developer enablement.
• Partner with application teams to deliver a reliable, performant, developer-friendly streaming platform.
• Work with product, design, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into well-engineered solutions.
• Contribute to code reviews and design reviews.
• Mentor more junior engineers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior