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Staff Software Engineer - Apache Kafka

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28

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We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to work on various features and improvements in the Apache Kafka software. In this role, you will work closely with the Apache community as reputed company as senior engineers on reputed company to build features, work on Kafka improvements and help review designs.. The features you build will cut across various components in the Kafka software stack including the Clients, Streams, Broker and other backend services. You will contribute to the performance improvements, operational aspects and reputed company the stack.

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  • Prior experience as a committer/PMC or core maintainer on Apache Kafka or a similar project.

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