Kafka Solutions Architect

Our requirements

• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka administration, performance tuning, and its ecosystem
• Ability to perform Kafka consulting and lead Kafka trainings
• Experience with technical pre-sales activities and direct communication with business stakeholders
• Autonomy in project delivery
• Readiness to represent SoftwareMill at global events (London Current, Kafka Summit, etc.)
• Readiness to conduct demos and workshops with customers, both online and on-site
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
• Very good knowledge about Ansible
• Experience with deployment to a cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the industry trends
• Good knowledge of English is a must (both spoken and written), we cooperate with clients from all over the world (USA, Australia, Switzerland, etc.)
• Polish language is required, as internally we are a Polish speaking company

Optional

• Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAAK) and/or Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka (CCDAK)
• Hands-on experience with Confluent Platform
• Very good knowledge about various IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi, Amazon CDK)
• Experience with Grafana
• Experience with MLOps and/or DevSecOps
• Experience with JVM applications
• Management of multi-node clusters
• Experience in using AI in software development and deployment cycle
• Engagement in the IT community: personal blog, speaking at meetups/conferences, involvement in the open-source projects
• Having a pet-project

Your responsibilities

• Kafka Expert

About the project

• No surprises here ;) Contact us, and we’ll ask you to fill out a short questionnaire to learn more about your motivations and expectations.
• Let’s chat! We’ll tell you more about us, the process, the team, and discuss your expectations. We’ll also speak a bit in English.
• Hands-on work, that's what we’re all about. You’ll tackle real tasks, whether it's coding, setting up systems, analyzing data, or improving campaigns. And you’ll always get detailed feedback to help you grow!
• A great opportunity to discuss your technical tasks in detail and share your experience in our industry.
• Let’s grab lunch and see if we’d make a great team together.

What we offer

• Remuneration ranging from 165 to 210 PLN net per hour for a start
• 100% remote company with remote-first mindset
• Flexible cooperation from any location and without strict schedule
• Professional development and freedom in choosing toolset and tech stack
• Learning-culture expressed by SoftwareMill Academy and technical reading clubs
• Access to many AI tools (Claude, OpenAI, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, etc.)
• Leadership and soft-skills in-house trainings
• English courses
• Small to medium teams with as little procedures as possible
• Best tools you need to make our cooperation effective and pleasurable: monitor(s), computer of your choice
• DevOps-friendly environment with passionate and skilled people who believe in software craftsmanship - you will have a chance to meet some of them during the selection process
• Interesting projects with technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Terraform, clustering and scaling both horizontally and vertically

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• sharing the costs of foreign language classes
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• remote work opportunities
• flexible working time
• integration events
• corporate library
• no dress code
• employee referral program
• Team integration budget

Recruitment stages

• 1.
  Resume and online form
• 2.
  Video call
• 3.
  Technical task
• 4.
  Technical interview
• 5.
  Lunch meeting

SoftwareMill Sp. z o.o.