Sr. DevOps System Engineer, Kafka Owner

We are seeking a Sr. Devops System Engineer to help operate support and evolve our internal platform and service integrations. This role has a strong focus on Apache Kafka while also working across a broader ecosystem of shared services such as Redis Auth0 ELK and Orkes.

You will act as a platform engineer and technical partner for internal teams helping them integrate reliably with Kafka and other core services through libraries services tooling and best practices. This role combines deep technical expertise hands-on development and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Own and support the Kafka deployment configuration and operation used by multiple engineering teams
• Design build and maintain shared libraries SDKs and services that simplify Kafka integration
• Partner with application teams to design and troubleshoot event-driven and asynchronous workflows
• Operate and support shared services and integrations including Redis Auth0 ELK and Orkes
• Develop integration patterns reference architectures and reusable components for internal consumption
• Debug complex production issues spanning messaging authentication observability and orchestration layers
• Establish and promote best practices for Kafka topics schemas producers consumers and error handling
• Improve reliability performance and observability of Kafka and other shared services
• Collaborate with SRE DevOps and security teams on platform reliability access controls and compliance
• Contribute to documentation examples and internal enablement efforts

Qualifications:

• 5 years of professional devops or system engineering experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka in production environments (required)
• Experience operating or integrating distributed systems at scale
• Experience debugging and supporting complex multi-service systems
• Solid understanding of event-driven and asynchronous architectures
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Background in platform engineering developer experience or internal tooling
• Preferred experience with other platforms
• • Redis (caching pub/sub or data access patterns)
  • Identity and access management systems (e.g. Auth0)
  • Observability stacks such as ELK (Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana)
  • Workflow orchestration platforms (e.g. Orkes or similar)
  • Cloud-native platforms Kubernetes or managed service offerings

What Success Looks Like:

• Kafka is reliable well-governed and easy for teams to integrate with
• Internal teams leverage shared libraries and patterns rather than building custom integrations
• Platform and service integrations are observable secure and scalable
• Cross-team dependencies are reduced through clear standards and tooling

Why Youll Love Working With Us:

Its not just about workits about building a career and enjoying the ride! Heres what you can expect:

The estimated base salary range for this position is $152000-$173000 plus bonus & equity.

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We believe in recognizing and rewarding performance. Our compensation package includes competitive base salaries annual performance-based bonuses and the chance to share in the equity value you and your colleagues create during your time with the company. We offer comprehensive health benefits including dental life and disability insurance. We also trust our employees to manage their time effectively which is why we offer an unlimited paid time off program to help you perform at your best every day.

Join us on this journey. Advisor360 is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We believe diversity drives innovation and are therefore building a company where people of all backgrounds are truly welcome and included. Everyone is encouraged to bring their unique authentic selves to work each and every day. The way we see it we are here to learn from each other.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC