Kafka Engineer

Ignite the future of real-time data - elevate Kafka infrastructure in a cloud-native environment!

Krakow-based opportunity with hybrid work model (up to 3 days remote per week)

As a Senior Kafka Engineer, you will be working for our client, a leading financial services organization committed to operational excellence and technological innovation. In this role, you'll enhance and maintain the Kafka clusters operating within a Kubernetes environment, ensuring seamless data streaming and system reliability that empowers digital transformation across the enterprise.

Your main responsibilities:

• Provide expert-level support in Kafka brokers, Zookeepers, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, KSQL, Rest proxy, and Kafka Control Center.

• Manage high-volume Kafka Connect deployments utilizing schema registry, ensuring optimal performance and uptime.

• Administer Kafka platforms, including provisioning, access control, Kerberos, and SSL configurations.

• Develop and maintain Kafka connectors such as MQ, Elasticsearch, JDBC, File Stream, and JMS, along with custom connectors using Kafka core APIs.

• Create topics, set up redundancy clusters, deploy monitoring tools, configure alerts, and develop stubs for producers, consumers, and consumer groups to onboard applications across various languages and platforms.

• Perform root cause analysis of production incidents, documenting findings, and implementing proactive measures to improve system robustness.

• Automate routine tasks with scripts or automation tools; conduct benchmarking, performance tuning, and capacity planning.

You're ideal for this role if you have:

• At least 5 years of experience working with Kafka and streaming data technologies.

• Strong understanding of Kafka architecture and operational best practices.

• Hands-on experience with Kafka in Kubernetes environments.

• Proficiency in DevOps tools such as GitHub, JIRA, Jenkins, and automation platforms like Ansible or Puppet.

• Experience with observability tools like DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, and monitoring of distributed systems.

• Solid problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to engineers and stakeholders.

It is a strong plus if you have: (optional)

• Experience with Confluent Kafka ecosystem.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Certifications in Kafka or cloud technologies.

Language Required for the role:

• Fluent English, with the ability to communicate effectively at a technical level.

Eligibility to work in Europe:

• Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.