Updated June 10, 2026

250 open positions

Kafka Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 250+ kafka jobs at companies offering best_place_to_work and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 83 new this week.

Hiring companies include Experian, ClickHouse, and Workato. Schedules on offer include best_place_to_work, unlimited PTO, and generous PTO.

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Customer Success Engineer II - Database

DigitalOcean

HybridHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Customer Success Engineer, Database

DigitalOcean

HybridSan Francisco, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Staff Engineer - Java

Experian

OnsiteHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Staff Engineer

Experian

OnsiteHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Workato

HybridBarcelona or Madrid

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Customer Success Engineer, Database

DigitalOcean

HybridAustin, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Customer Success Engineer, Database

DigitalOcean

HybridBoston, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Customer Success Engineer, Database

DigitalOcean

HybridDenver, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Performance Test Engineer

Experian

OnsiteHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Staff Engineer - Java / AWS

Experian

HybridHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Development Specialist I

Experian

OnsiteSão Paulo, Brazil

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Customer Success Engineer, Database

DigitalOcean

HybridSeattle, USA

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Development Specialist I

Experian

OnsiteSão Paulo, Brazil

5 day weekBest Place to Work

IT Architecture Specialist I

Experian

OnsiteSão Paulo, Brazil

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Software Development Analyst III

Experian

OnsiteSão Paulo, Brazil

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer

Experian

OnsiteHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Engineering Manager (Cloud Native)

Experian

OnsiteHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Java Engineer - Full Stack

Experian

HybridHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Java Software Development Analyst

Experian

HybridBlumenau, Brazil

5 day weekBest Place to Work

QA Engineer

Experian

OnsiteHyderabad, India

5 day weekBest Place to Work

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How we curate this list

We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →

Last reviewed: June 10, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Kafka on this page include Experian, ClickHouse, and Workato. Kafka roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Kafka is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Kafka roles span the full seniority range — we list 464 open roles requiring Kafka across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Kafka hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

Yes — companies listed on 4dayweek.io commit to full salary parity regardless of schedule. Kafka roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers. Specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and the specific sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Kafka candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Kafka on current listings.

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