Senior Kafka Platform Engineer

Hybrid in Romania: Bucharest

Platform Engineering

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We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Kafka Platform Engineer to drive the development, operation, and enhancement of our Kafka-based infrastructure, ensuring robust, scalable, and reliable messaging platforms to support critical business processes.

Responsibilities

Operate, maintain, and evolve the Confluent Kafka platform
Support and maintain Strimzi Kafka Connect in production
Build and enhance Pulumi-based Infrastructure as Code
Lead and execute migrations from Strimzi to Confluent Kafka using MirrorMaker 2
Ensure reliable operation of Kafka workloads on managed AKS
Improve Kafka developer experience across the company by enhancing tooling, processes, and platform capabilities
Collaborate closely with team members and other engineering groups
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve platform-related issues to minimize downtime
Develop and implement strategies for Kafka platform scaling and optimization
Contribute to automated deployment pipelines and operational efficiencies

Requirements

3+ years of proven experience as a Kafka Platform Engineer with expertise in Kafka operations, scaling, and troubleshooting
Strong DevOps background and hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Pulumi
Experience with Confluent Kafka, Strimzi, Kafka Connect, or similar ecosystem tools
Solid understanding of cloud engineering with AKS or another major cloud platform
Capability to lead migrations and improvements for platform reliability and developer experience
Familiarity with operational monitoring tools and practices in distributed messaging environments
Understanding of Kafka workload management and platform scalability
Fluency in English with a proficiency level of B1 or higher

Nice to have

Experience with Avro schema formats
Knowledge of additional messaging systems like RabbitMQ or ActiveMQ
Experience with cluster migrations using MirrorMaker 2

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