Senior Kafka Engineer

At Mindboxwe connect top IT talents with technology projects for leading enterprises across Europe.

Are you passionate about building and maintaining high-performance messaging platforms? We are looking for a Senior Kafka Platform Engineer to manage and ensure the operational excellence of Kafka clusters running in a Kubernetes environment.

Sounds like your kind of challenge?

LI-Hybrid - 6 days per month from the Kraków office.

Responsibilities

• Flexible cooperation model - choose the form that suits you best

  (B2B, employment contract, etc.)

• Hybrid work setup - remote days available depending on the client’s arrangements
• Collaborative team culture - work alongside experienced professionals eager to share knowledge
• Continuous development - access to training platforms and growth opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits - including Interpolska Health Care, Multisport card, Warta Insurance, and more
• High quality equipment - laptop and essential software provided

Requirements

• Provide expertise in Kafka brokers, zookeepers, Kafka Connect, schema registry, KSQL, Rest Proxy, and Kafka Control Center.
• Manage and optimize Kafka Connect using schema registry in high-volume environments.
• Administer and operate the Kafka platform, including provisioning, Kerberos and SSL configurations, and access control.
• Work with various Kafka connectors (MQ, ElasticSearch, JDBC, File Stream, JMS) and custom connectors using Kafka APIs.
• Create topics, set up redundancy clusters, deploy monitoring tools, and configure alerts for producers, consumers, and consumer groups.
• Conduct root cause analysis of production incidents and implement proactive measures to enhance system reliability.
• Automate routine tasks using scripts or automation tools; perform benchmarking, performance analysis, and tuning.

Note:Detailed project information will be shared during the recruitment process.

Benefits

• Strong understanding of Kafka architecture and experience with cluster maintenance and security.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and Confluent Kafka.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and automation-first principles.
• Experience with DevOps tools: GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins.
• Knowledge of automation tools: Ansible, Puppet, or similar.
• Experience with observability tools: DataDog, NewRelic, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Joining this project you’llbecome part of Mindbox - a tech-driven company where consulting, engineering, and talent meet to build meaningful digital solutions. We’llback you up every step of the way, accelerate your development, and ensure your skills make a difference.