Senior Data Engineer - Enterprise Integration & Kafka (Remote)

rindus Technology S.L; Málaga; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health insurance

Gym sponsorship

Language classes

23 holiday days

Job summary

rindus seeks a Senior Data Engineer for Enterprise Integration to design and evolve scalable event‑driven architectures and build reliable real‑time data pipelines using Kafka. You will define topic strategies, governance, and CI/CD practices while improving observability and cost efficiency.

You will operate in a distributed team from our Málaga office, collaborating with our partner Douglas to enhance the e‑commerce data platform. English proficiency is required; German is a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Deep practical knowledge of Kafka and event‑driven architecture design.
• Experience operating Kafka in production.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, data integration, and scalable processing concepts.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and infrastructure automation (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Beneficial: Experience with Enterprise Service Bus technologies such as Talend and SAP S4 / BTP.
• A firm understanding and practical experience in tools and processes to ensure software quality, such as Unit Tests, TDD and Test Automation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross‑functional teams.
• You don’t have to know every technology. Growth mindset and self‑motivation are valued.
• Very good English language proficiency; German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve scalable event‑driven architectures.
• Define Kafka topic strategies, partitioning models, schema governance, retention concepts, and operational best practices.
• Build reliable real‑time data pipelines using Kafka.
• Improve data reliability, observability, performance, and cost efficiency across the platform.
• Drive engineering standards around data modeling, CI/CD, testing, and infrastructure automation.
• Support the migration from legacy integrations toward modern event‑driven and cloud‑native architectures.
• Mentor on and contribute to architectural and technical decisions.
• Continuously evaluate and introduce technologies that improve scalability and developer productivity.
• You work in an agile, product‑driven team setup.
• You are in close contact with IT colleagues and understand needs of a high‑performance, secure and stable platform operation.

Skills

Kafka

Event-driven

Production Kafka

Data modeling

Cloud platforms

Unit tests/Test automation

English

German (nice to have)

Tools

Talend ESB

SAP S/4HANA/BTP

Job description

rindus seeks a Senior Data Engineer for Enterprise Integration to design and evolve scalable event‑driven architectures and build reliable real‑time data pipelines using Kafka. You will define topic strategies, governance, and CI/CD practices while improving observability and cost efficiency.

You will operate in a distributed team from our Málaga office, collaborating with our partner Douglas to enhance the e‑commerce data platform. English proficiency is required; German is a plus.