Messaging Systems Engineer [Remote]

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Messaging Systems Engineer based in United States.

This role offers the opportunity to design, operate, and optimize large-scale messaging infrastructure that powers mission-critical event-driven applications.
You will take ownership of highly available streaming platforms, ensuring reliability, scalability, security, and performance across complex environments.
The position combines deep technical expertise in Apache Kafka with modern DevOps and SRE practices.
You will collaborate with engineering teams and business stakeholders to deliver robust solutions and improve developer experiences.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced infrastructure engineer who enjoys solving complex production challenges and building resilient systems.
You will have the opportunity to influence architecture decisions, establish best practices, and mentor engineers while working on impactful technology initiatives.

Accountabilities:

The Messaging Systems Engineer will be responsible for architecting, deploying, and maintaining enterprise-scale messaging platforms while ensuring reliability, security, and operational excellence. This role requires strong ownership of streaming infrastructure and close collaboration with application teams to enable efficient event-driven development.

• Design, deploy, configure, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform environments.
• Own Kafka platform lifecycle management, including cluster sizing, configuration, upgrades, security, automation, and performance optimization.
• Ensure platform reliability through high availability, disaster recovery strategies, monitoring, and operational best practices.
• Manage Kafka security configurations, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and access controls.
• Support application teams in building reliable event-driven architectures and integrating with messaging platforms.
• Implement and maintain Kafka ecosystem components, including Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Kafka Streams, and ksqlDB.
• Develop automation solutions using scripting languages and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Improve observability and troubleshooting capabilities through effective monitoring and logging solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, product, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, design discussions, and technical mentorship activities.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and operational standards.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is a highly experienced messaging infrastructure engineer with strong knowledge of Kafka ecosystems, DevOps practices, and production-scale distributed systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience operating Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform in production environments.
• Strong understanding of Kafka internals, including partitions, replication, ISRs, and consumer groups.
• Experience implementing Kafka security solutions using SASL, mTLS, ACLs, and RBAC.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and Kafka Streams or ksqlDB.
• Experience designing and implementing high availability and disaster recovery strategies for Kafka platforms.
• Strong scripting skills with Python, Bash, Go, or similar technologies.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Knowledge of Kafka observability and monitoring practices.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
• Experience operating Kafka on Kubernetes platforms such as Strimzi or Confluent Operator is a plus.
• Familiarity with managed Kafka services, including AWS MSK or Azure Event Hubs Kafka API, is a plus.
• Exposure to stream processing technologies such as Flink or Spark Streaming is a plus.
• Experience with data governance and lineage for streaming data is a plus.
• Confluent Certified Administrator or Developer certification is a plus.

Benefits:

• Competitive annual salary range of $100,000–$150,000 , based on experience and qualifications.
• Fully remote position available across the United States.
• Full-time direct employment opportunity.
• Opportunity to work on large-scale distributed systems and mission-critical technology platforms.
• Career growth opportunities within a technology-focused environment.
• Collaborative workplace with opportunities to influence technical strategy and engineering practices.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

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