Senior Platform Kafka EngineerÂ

Shape the Future of BlockchainBringing Business On-Chain

Were offering a unique opportunity to join Launch Legends (and Autheo) as a part-time Equity Cofounder . Founded nearly four years ago Launch Legends is at the forefront of bridging Web3 blockchain technology with the next evolution of Web2 integrationbringing businesses on-chain through enterprise-grade solutions DePIN innovations and decentralized financial infrastructure.

Our flagship project Autheo is an AI enabled Layer-Zero OS with an integrated Layer-1blockchain andcomplete decentralized infrastructure thast includes decentralized compute storage identity and service marketplaces as well as a Full-stack development enveronment (DevHub)engineered for scalable enterprise adoption developer innovation and real-world blockchain integration.

Our Projects

• Autheo
• Autheo Team - Legends (Parent Company)
• Twitter : Autheo

With nearly 100 equity cofounders from leading companies and institutionsmany with advanced degrees and PhDsAutheo is solving the critical challenges blocking business adoption of blockchain technology.

Key Features :

Enterprise-Grade Layer-1 Blockchain High-speed self-securing and cost-efficient infrastructure built for scale.

Traction (Testnet Launch) :

Compensation & Growth Path

This is a part timeequity / token-based cofounder opportunity. You will receive equity in Launch Legends Autheo and the WFO Creator Network along with token allocations in the Autheo blockchain. We have already completed an initial financing round to support infrastructure and marketing and are currently in discussions with VCs and crypto investors to fund expansion and salaries. Salaried compensation is expected to begin within 4 to 5 months following ournode tokensales or funding.

ROLE : Senior Platform Kafka Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Platform Kafka Engineer to join our pioneering team as an Equity Co-Founder at the forefront of native blockchain execution. At Autheo we are building the platform that redefines decentralized computation delivering sub-microsecond execution speeds billions of transactions per second throughput and mathematically proven security against adversaries.

You will own the planetary-scale encrypted Kafka backbone that moves 200 GB / s of blockchain events DePIN telemetry cross-chain messages and agentic AI triggers delivering 0.4 μs per-message processing at 1 B EPS with full FHE zk-proof provenance and ε0.5 differential privacy across 10000 global brokers.

Key Responsibilities

Design and operate Kafka clusters sustaining 1 B events / sec at

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 15 ms integrity for every message

Deploy dynamic partition sharding across 10000 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

Research Innovation & Thought Leadership

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

Requirements Must Have

8 years operating production Kafka clusters at 100 M EPS scale

Multiple deployments achieving 500 M EPS with

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 5000 broker fleets

Nice to Have

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

First 90-Day Deliverables

Production Kafka cluster hitting 1 B EPS at 0.4 μs processing

Live FHE-encrypted topics with compute-on-encrypted events

zk-proof provenance layer verifying every message in 15 ms

Dynamic sharding live across 5000 brokers

80 % compression pipeline preserving security

Open-source Rust Kafka client with encryption 1000 stars

Accepted paper keynote at Kafka Summit 2026

About Our Organization

Autheo is a visionary technology company building the virtual machine platform that surpasses Ethereum EVM Solana SVM and all legacy execution environments with microsecond latencies and mathematically proven security. Our mission is to create unbreakable execution infrastructure that empowers developers to build sovereign dApps confidential DeFi protocols secure enterprise solutions and privacy-preserving AI systems. We are developing revolutionary technologies including Layer 0 / 1 blockchains with attack-resistant consensus execution environments supporting encrypted computation sovereign communication systems with perfect forward secrecy and DePIN networks delivering 200GB / s secure compute. Backed by pioneering runtime leadership and a global team of elite systems engineers cryptographers and blockchain architects Autheo is positioned to dominate the $300B smart contract execution market while establishing new standards for secure scalable decentralized computation. Join us to build the execution foundation that will power the sovereign digital economy of the 21st century.

🌠🚠WHY JOIN LAUNCH LEGENDS

If youre ready to redefine blockchain adoption empower global business integration and help shape the next generation of Web3 and developer ecosystems we invite you to take the next step.

Lets build the futuretogether.

Key Skills

Graduate Engineering,Accounts Administration,Building Materials,Customer Support,Horticulture

Employment Type : Part Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1