Senior Software Engineer

Concord, CA


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Type: Contract

Category: Engineer

Industry: Financial Services

Reference ID: JN -062026-107563

Date Posted: 08/21/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/8SgEsb


Description:

Hybrid 3 days onsite in either Concord, CA or Charlotte, NC or Dallas, TX

 

Our client is seeking a Sr Software Engineer to support, enhance, and modernize its enterprise Kafka streaming platforms. This role combines technical expertise with hands-on engineering and operational leadership to ensure available, scalable, and observable event streaming services. The Lead Software Engineer will maintain platform stability, guide Kafka adoption patterns, and support application teams through design, onboarding, and production readiness. The role requires urgency, operational rigor, and the ability to influence best practices across the organization. Preference exists for candidates with Kafka on OpenShift or Kubernetes, experience migrating from legacy VM-based Kafka, and future-state Confluent Kafka exposure. The role supports the Kafka platform used by application teams. Experience supporting Flink platforms is a plus.

 

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

 

Rate: $60.00 to $80.00/hr. w2


JN -062026-107563


Responsibilities:
  • Lead and support complex Kafka-related initiatives with enterprise impact and multi-team dependencies.
  • Define and evolve standards, best practices, and operational patterns for Kafka-based streaming solutions.
  • Design, develop, test, debug, and document software and platform components that support Kafka infrastructure, tooling, and integrations.
  • Provide hands-on engineering and support for Kafka platforms, including incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation.
  • Design, build, and maintain APIs and services for Kafka provisioning, monitoring, configuration management, and client integration.
  • Implement CI/CD automation for Kafka platform services and tooling for safe and auditable deployments.
  • Influence Kafka platform architecture, operational models, and support processes using industry best practices.
  • Collaborate with application developers, SREs, infrastructure teams, and senior stakeholders to resolve complex Kafka issues.
  • Advance observability through logging, metrics, dashboards, and alerting strategies.
  • Lead projects, mentor engineers, and contribute to knowledge sharing and operational maturity.

Experience Requirements:
  • 5+ years deploying and supporting software on Kubernetes-based platforms, preferably OpenShift.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting Apache Kafka, with preference for Kubernetes-based operations and Confluent Kafka exposure.
  • 7+ years of support experience on Linux or Unix servers.
  • 3+ years using CI/CD tools such as Ansible, Git, Jenkins, or Harness.
  • 7+ years of Software Engineering experience or equivalent through work, training, military experience, or education.
  • Kafka cluster operations, upgrades, capacity planning, and performance troubleshooting.
  • Familiarity with Kafka security including authentication, authorization, and encryption.
  • 3+ years with observability tools such as ELK, Splunk, AppDynamics, or Grafana.
  • 2+ years supporting or contributing to cloud migration initiatives.
  • Experience leveraging automation to improve Kafka support efficiency and reduce operational risk.
  • Bonus: Experience supporting Flink platforms.

Recruitment Transparency Notice
 
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
 

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact fraud@eliassen.com.

 
About Eliassen Group:
 
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
 
Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.
 
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