Greetings from Skysoft Role Kafka Solution Architect Location 100% Remote (U.S.) Experience 12+ Years (Any visa is fine) Only US Citizens & H1B'S Job Description Client is seeking an experienced Kafka Solution Architect to design and build highly scalable event-driven enterprise solutions. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Apache Kafka API design and integration distributed systems and microservices architecture. This role requires strong technical leadership hands-on development experience and the ability to architect enterprise-grade messaging and integration solutions. Required Skills 10+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture. Expert-level experience with Apache Kafka including Kafka Streams Kafka Connect Schema Registry and Confluent Platform. Strong expertise in REST API design development integration and API security. Hands-on experience designing event-driven and microservices architectures. Strong experience with Java Spring Boot and enterprise integration frameworks. Experience with API Gateway technologies such as Apigee Kong AWS API Gateway or MuleSoft. Strong knowledge of asynchronous messaging event streaming and distributed systems. Experience with Docker Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS preferred). Strong understanding of messaging patterns fault tolerance scalability and high availability. Experience implementing OAuth2 JWT SSL/TLS and API authentication/authorization. Strong SQL skills with experience in relational and NoSQL databases. Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins GitHub Actions or similar tools. Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk Prometheus Grafana ELK or Datadog. Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum development methodologies. Excellent communication leadership and problem-solving skills. Responsibilities Architect enterprise-scale event-driven solutions using Apache Kafka. Design and implement secure scalable and high-performance REST APIs. Develop Kafka producers consumers streams and event-processing applications. Define API standards governance versioning and best practices across enterprise platforms. Collaborate with application cloud and DevOps teams to build highly available distributed systems. Optimize Kafka clusters for performance resiliency and scalability. Troubleshoot production issues involving Kafka APIs and distributed applications. Conduct architecture reviews mentor development teams and establish technical best practices. Work closely with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions. Preferred Skills Confluent Kafka Certification. Experience with AWS cloud services. Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger. Knowledge of GraphQL and AsyncAPI. Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).