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Kafka Infrastructure Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Infrastructure Engineer

Herndon, VA · On-site

$150K - $250K/yr

As an Infrastructure Engineer in this role, you will be responsible for architecting and ... Kafka * DevOps * EKS * AWS * EC2 * S3 * Terraform * Routing * DNS * Grafana * Logging * Alerting ...

Senior Kafka Platform Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$103K - $142K/yr

Drive execution across Kafka, infrastructure, security, and application teams to remove ... Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field * 10+ years of hands-on ...

Senior Kafka SRE Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$120K - $155K/yr

We are seeking a Kafka Site Reliability Engineer to help build, operate, and continuously improve ... You will contribute to the evolution of Kafka infrastructure supporting capabilities such as Schema ...

Technology Infrastructure Engineering * Application Production Support * CI/CD Tools (Jenkins ... Kafka Messaging * In-Memory Databases (Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra) * Agile Practices Soft Skills

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Infrastructure Engineer

Herndon, VA · On-site

$150K - $250K/yr

As an Infrastructure Engineer in this role, you will be responsible for architecting and ... Kafka * DevOps * EKS * AWS * EC2 * S3 * Terraform * Routing * DNS * Grafana * Logging * Alerting ...

Infrastructure Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$106K - $140K/yr

The Infrastructure Engineer will be part of the TIMS Automation team, responsible for delivering ... Stack, Kafka, NGINX, Redis. • Hands-on experience with DevOps related practices such as CI/CD ...

Infrastructure Engineer

Champaign, IL · On-site

$100K - $132K/yr

Infrastructure Engineer At Smartz Inc, we rely on our dynamic team of engineers to solve the many ... kafka / message service, mongodb /cassandra, linux * Have programming experience in Java or C+

Infrastructure Engineer

Champaign, IL · On-site

$100K - $132K/yr

Infrastructure Engineer At Smartz Inc, we rely on our dynamic team of engineers to solve the many ... kafka / message service, mongodb /cassandra, linux * Have programming experience in Java or C+

Infrastructure Engineer

Champaign, IL · On-site

$100K - $132K/yr

Infrastructure Engineer At Smartz Inc, we rely on our dynamic team of engineers to solve the many ... kafka / message service, mongodb /cassandra, linux * Have programming experience in Java or C+

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

San Mateo, CA · On-site

$122K - $160K/yr

Exposure to Kafka or equivalent MQ systems. * Strong programming/scripting in Python, Go, or similar. * Track record of building or operating production-grade infra. Nice to Haves * GPU scheduling ...

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

San Mateo, CA · On-site

$122K - $160K/yr

The shift from copilots to autonomous agents is creating an entirely new infrastructure layer, and ... Exposure to Kafka or equivalent MQ systems. * Strong programming/scripting in Python, Go, or ...

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

San Mateo, CA · On-site

$122K - $160K/yr

Exposure to Kafka or equivalent MQ systems. * Strong programming/scripting in Python, Go, or similar. * Track record of building or operating production-grade infra. Nice to Haves * GPU scheduling ...

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As of Sep 9, 2026, the average yearly pay for kafka infrastructure engineer in the United States is $127,066.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $107,500.00 and $141,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Senior DevOps Engineer - Kafka Specialist

California, MO • On-site

$125 - $150/hr

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Job description

  • Design, implement, and operate secure, scalable, reliable, and performant data infrastructure for Venmo product, analytics, and infrastructure teams
  • Automate provisioning, management, and monitoring of supported data infrastructure
  • Build and implement scalable, reliable data pipeline architecture
  • Build tools that turn data into actionable insights
  • Build and implement message streaming solutions using AWS SQS and Apache Kafka
  • Collaborate with Executive, Product, Engineering, and Analytics stakeholders on technical issues and infrastructure needs
  • Collaborate with teammates on planning and execution of initiatives
  • Process, extract, and manage relational databases and systems using SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Create large, complex datasets meeting functional and non-functional business requirements
  • Implement tasks within the software development lifecycle
  • Follow internal conventions, standards, and procedures
  • Contribute to code and design reviews
Requirements
  • 1+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Bachelor’s and/or master's in computer science or related field of study
  • 3+ years' experience in software development or a related field
  • 3+ years' experience operating on-prem/cloud databases/data-warehouses and/or distributed systems 24x7x365
  • Experience operating/maintaining message streaming solutions such as AWS SQS and Apache Kafka
  • Ability to troubleshoot problems
  • Hands-on experience designing and implementing infrastructure for global-scale services
  • Hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS or similar cloud provider
  • Experience with infrastructure as code: AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet
  • Hands-on programming and scripting: Lambda, API GW, Python, Java, Bash
  • Hands-on experience with big data operations including AWS S3, AWS DMS, AWS SQS, Luigi, AWS EKS, Apache Spark, AWS Glue
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences
  • Understanding of TLS/mTLS protocols is a plus
  • AWS Solutions Architect certification is a plus
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing secure, scalable data infrastructure and data pipeline architecture, with hands-on experience in AWS services and message streaming solutions. Proficient in managing relational and NoSQL databases, and skilled in automating infrastructure management using infrastructure as code tools.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Data Infrastructure Design
  • AWS SQS and Apache Kafka
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • SQL and NoSQL Databases
  • Big Data Operations
ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills
  • Data Pipeline Architecture
  • AWS CLI
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Python
  • Java
  • Bash
  • AWS S3
  • Apache Spark
Soft Skills
  • Strong Communication Skills
  • Problem-Solving Ability
Certifications & Qualifications
  • AWS Solutions Architect Certification
Industry Keywords
  • Distributed Systems
  • Cloud Databases
  • Message Streaming Solutions
  • Data Warehouses
  • Software Development Lifecycle
Tools & Technologies
  • AWS
  • AWS DMS
  • Luigi
  • AWS EKS
  • AWS Glue
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