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Kafka Engineer Job in Columbus, Ohio US

Kafka Engineer

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC - Columbus, OH

Posted: 5/7/2026 - Expires: 6/6/2026

Job ID: 293398105

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Job Description

Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing.



Location: Remote EST



The Kafka Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and supporting real-time data streaming solutions using Apache Kafka. This role is highly hands-on and will work closely with application developers and architects to implement scalable, high-performance streaming architectures. The engineer will play a key role in enabling real-time use cases across the organization and ensuring Kafka platforms are stable, optimized, and production-ready.



Experience:



* Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (Confluent experience acceptable; Apache preferred)


* Experience implementing Kafka from scratch in both on-prem and cloud environments (Azure preferred)


* Proven experience building real-time data streaming solutions, including event-driven and CDC-based architectures


* 3+ years of hands-on Kafka development and implementation experience


* Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience in query tuning, debugging, and performance optimization


* 3+ years of hands-on development experience with web technologies


* Strong experience building REST APIs using .NET and modern front-end frameworks such as Angular or React


Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.



California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.



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Company Profile:



Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.



Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.



Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com .



Benefits Information:



Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.



We look forward to working with you.



Beacon Hill. Employing the Future™



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Job Summary

Employment Type:
Full Time Employee
Job type:
Regular Employment
Skill Based Partner:
No
Education Level:
High school graduate
Work Days:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
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