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Kafka SME
Job Location:
Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
m 78 - 78
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
1 October 2026 (4 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
29 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
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Position: Kafka SME
Location: Austin TX
Onsite: Hybrid - 4 days a week
Rate: $78/hr on apex w-2
Contract: 12 months extendable
Interview process: 2 video interviews to hire
Note - Only W2 option we have
Role Overview
We are seeking a senior Kafka expert who combines deep Confluent Kafka architecture experience strong cloud and on-premise platform engineering skills and modern AI-enabled development expertise. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of automation operational leadership and enterprise stakeholder engagement. This role requires an on-site presence in Austin four days per week.
Key Responsibilities
Experience: 10 years of experience in distributed systems messaging and enterprise platform engineering.
Technical Skills:
Position: Kafka SME
Location: Austin TX
Onsite: Hybrid - 4 days a week
Rate: $78/hr on apex w-2
Contract: 12 months extendable
Interview process: 2 video interviews to hire
Note - Only W2 option we have
Role Overview
We are seeking a senior Kafka expert who combines deep Confluent Kafka architecture experience strong cloud and on-premise platform engineering skills and modern AI-enabled development expertise. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of automation operational leadership and enterprise stakeholder engagement. This role requires an on-site presence in Austin four days per week.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure Kafka architectures including authentication authorization encryption and network isolation.
- Define and support high availability disaster recovery and data replication strategies ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
- Advise on data ingestion event streaming and batch and stream processing architectures.
- Provide guidance on data modeling and serialization standards such as Avro Protobuf and JSON Schema.
- Design and build AI agents and custom frameworks to automate engineering and operational workflows at scale.
- Leverage AI-powered tools like Copilot to accelerate development automate testing and improve code quality.
- Drive automation-first operations using Python Ansible and scripting and build self-service operational tools.
- Lead deep-dive investigations into complex production issues perform root cause analysis and drive remediation.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to engineering operations and leadership teams.
Experience: 10 years of experience in distributed systems messaging and enterprise platform engineering.
Technical Skills:
- Extensive hands-on experience with the Confluent Kafka Platform both on-premise and in the cloud.
- Proven ability to leverage AI-assisted development (e.g. Copilot code generation) and build AI-driven agents/workflows.
- Strong background in Linux/Unix environments networking OS performance and security.
- Proven experience with automation DevOps and operational tooling (e.g. Azure Jenkins Puppet Chef Ansible Python).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong organizational and teamwork abilities.
- Confluent Kafka and/or Cloud certifications.
- Prior experience supporting large-scale regulated enterprise environments.
