Kafka Engineer

Job Description Job Description Role Details: Title: Kafka Engineer (80% engineering, 20% admin) Duration: 1 year Location: Remote (PST hours) Interview: 12 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.