Sr. Kafka Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Kafka Engineer with strong experience in Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka platform engineering. The role involves designing, deploying, administering, and supporting enterprise Kafka environments, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, and production support.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, install, configure, deploy, and administer Confluent Cloud/Kafka platforms.


• Provide 24x7 on-call production support and resolve critical issues.


• Partner with architecture teams to align platform design with modern engineering practices.


• Develop automation for platform operations including deployments, restarts, patching, and upgrades.


• Manage platform patching, roadmap execution, and mentor junior engineers.


• Ensure stability, scalability, and performance of Kafka-based systems.

Required Experience