Fullstack Software Engineer, Kafka

About this role

Responsibilities

• We're looking for a Fullstack Software Engineer to join our Kafka Ecosystem team. You'll build features end-to-end: production Python in the platform that orchestrates managed Apache Kafka® services across clouds, contributions to Karapace (our open-source Schema Registry and Kafka REST Proxy), and the React interfaces that put those features in front of users. Your main focus is Python; your reach extends from API design to the UI that ships with it.
• What You'll DoExtend and maintain Karapace: schema compatibility logic, REST Proxy features such as exposing message headers in produce and consume paths, OpenAPI schema coverage, and Confluent API compatibility
• Keep the connector ecosystem healthy: upgrades and releases of connectors like Debezium, JDBC, S3, BigQuery, and the OpenSearch® sink, security fixes, and changelogs
• Participate in design and code reviews, write well-tested code, and help shape technical direction
• Ship code reliably and often through CI/CD pipelines (Buildkite, GitHub Actions)
• Investigate and resolve production issues across the stack, from async Python application code down to Linux system behavior
• Contribute to technical planning within a small team where your input directly shapes the roadmap
• Own features end-to-end: design the API, build the async Python backend, and wire up the React/TypeScript views in our console
• Use AI coding tools as part of your daily workflow to speed up development

Requirements

• Must have:Strong Python skills: you're comfortable with async/await patterns, understand event loop semantics, and write production