Senior Kafka Engineer @ ASTEK Polska

ASTEK Polska

We are a part of ASTEK Group, which has been gathering experience in the global consulting and engineering services market since 1988. ASTEK Group is a global player in engineering and technology consulting, present on 5 continents.

What do we learn from other Group entities in our daily work? First and foremost :  inspiration, objectives, good practices, innovative activities and values. In 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 we received the Great Place to Work certificate, and found ourselves among the 15 Best Workplaces in Poland in the category :  large companies.

How about joining ASTEK Polska’s community of Senior Kafka Engineer?

Work Model :

100% remote

Budget (based on experience) :

• COP up to 16 000 zł gross
• B2B up to 1040 zł net / day

Added value for you :

• Long-term cooperation
• Ability to choose your preferred type of cooperation (regular employment contract with all benefits or flexible B2B contract)
• Technical training, certifications, and upskilling
• Competence Center mentoring - you will be a member of the CC community from day one. You will have the chance to develop your skills, attend various conferences, and share your knowledge and experience with people who face the same challenges every day
• A clear career path
• Employee benefits package
• Friendly working atmosphere, team-building events and meetings

Technical, operational & Soft skills :

• 5+ years of experience in Kafka
• Drive the development effort end-to-end for the timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet requirements, align with the architectural vision, and adhere to all applicable standards
• Proficiency in creating and managing large-scale data pipelines, handling complex, high-volume, multi-dimensional data, and machine learning models.
• Proven knowledge of successful design, architecture, and development using Big Data technologies with large data volumes and transaction systems
• Design and coding skills with Big Data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Kafka along with Proven knowledge of successful design, architecture, and development using Big Data technologies with large data volumes and transaction systes
• Excellent coding hands-on expertise in SQL and one or more programming languages such as Java, Scala, or Python.
• Work closely with other engineers and teams to integrate data solutions into existing systems
• Excellent approaches in optimising performance for low-latency querying and high-throughput data ingestion.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a strong team player.
• Proven skills and expertise in NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and relational database like MSSQL
• Familiarity with Agile development incorporating CI / CD

ASTEK Polska

We are a part of ASTEK Group, which has been gathering experience in the global consulting and engineering services market since 1988. ASTEK Group is a global player in engineering and technology consulting, present on 5 continents.

What do we learn from other Group entities in our daily work? First and foremost :  inspiration, objectives, good practices, innovative activities and values. In 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 we received the Great Place to Work certificate, and found ourselves among the 15 Best Workplaces in Poland in the category :  large companies.

How about joining ASTEK Polska’s community of Senior Kafka Engineer?

Work Model :
• 100% remote

Budget (based on experience) :

• COP up to 16 000 zł gross
• B2B up to 1040 zł net / day

Added value for you :

• Long-term cooperation
• Ability to choose your preferred type of cooperation (regular employment contract with all benefits or flexible B2B contract)
• Technical training, certifications, and upskilling
• Competence Center mentoring - you will be a member of the CC community from day one. You will have the chance to develop your skills, attend various conferences, and share your knowledge and experience with people who face the same challenges every day
• A clear career path
• Employee benefits package
• Friendly working atmosphere, team-building events and meetings

Architecting Business requirements into Kafka changes, Evaluating requirements, Formulating changes, Kafka Modelling & Design, Capacity planning, Workload assessment (all Kafka tech), Creating new topics, Executing Kafka changes as per release requirements, Kafka Access Management, Creating Kafka streams for App Support, Kafka performance testing, Reviewing, discussing, approving Kafka changes (PRs), Debugging issues following releases, Collecting Kafka Analysis and reports, Data cleansing, purging, archiving, TTL, Kafka tuning, Kafka incident resolution and service restoration, Kafka monitoring requirements, Kafka monitoring implementation, Kafka Auditing, Application Workload Management, Kafka infrastructure (current & new), Kafka recovery and DR scenarios, Kafka improvements (performance, availability), Security remediation, Security patching] Requirements : Kafka Additionally : Sport subscription, Training budget, Private healthcare.