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Autheo · 1 month ago

Senior Platform Kafka EngineerÂ

United States

Part-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Autheo is a visionary technology company focused on bridging Web3 blockchain technology with enterprise solutions. They are seeking a Senior Platform Kafka Engineer to lead the development of a high-performance Kafka backbone for decentralized computation, ensuring low-latency processing and secure event handling.

Computer Software

Responsibilities

Design and operate Kafka clusters sustaining 1 B+ events/sec at <0.4 μs p99 latency

Build DAG-based stream topologies with exactly-once semantics and zero reprocessing

Embed CKKS/BFV fully homomorphic encryption enabling processing on fully encrypted events

Implement zk-proof event provenance verifying 1–5 ms integrity for every message

Deploy dynamic partition sharding across 10,000+ brokers with instant rebalancing

Integrate SGX / TrustZone enclaves for 1 TB-scale encrypted log segments with remote attestation

Ship 80 % event compression while preserving post-quantum security

Deliver zero-config Kafka SDKs (Rust/Go/Java) with built-in encryption and proof generation

Drive GPU-accelerated parallel stream processing and AI-driven consumer lag prediction

Publish encrypted streaming and zk-event breakthroughs at Kafka Summit, SIGMOD, SOSP

Keynote at Kafka Summit 2026 on '1 Billion Encrypted Events/sec at Sub-Microsecond Latency'

Qualification

Kafka clusters managementFHE integrationZk-proof implementationMulti-region replicationStream processingResearch publicationTeam collaboration

Required

8+ years operating production Kafka clusters at ≥100 M EPS scale

Multiple deployments achieving ≥500 M EPS with <1 ms p99 latency

Hands-on FHE or zk-proof integration into Kafka Streams / ksqlDB

Deep expertise in tiered storage, KRaft, exactly-once semantics, and multi-region replication

Proven operation of 5,000+ broker fleets

Preferred

Core contributor to Apache Kafka, Confluent, or WarpStream

First-author papers at top data or systems venues

Patents in encrypted streaming, zk-event proofs, or stream sharding

Benefits

Equity in Launch Legends

Autheo

WFO Creator Network

Token allocations in the Autheo blockchain

Company

Autheo

Autheo is a full stack Layer-0 Web3 Operating System designed to unify the modern digital stack into a single evolving network.

51-200 employees

https://autheo.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

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