Staff Apache Kafka Engineer

BairesDev; Comunidad de Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent compensation in USD or local currency

Paid parental leave

Vacation and national holidays

Innovative and multicultural work environment

Mentorship and skill development opportunities

Job summary

A technology services company is seeking a Staff Apache Kafka Engineer in Spain to enhance distributed data processing systems and real-time analytics. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of software development experience, expertise in Apache Kafka, and a strong background in distributed systems. Responsibilities include contributing to open source projects and optimizing event streaming platforms. The position offers excellent compensation, benefits, and a multicultural work environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems and large-scale event streaming platforms.
• Understanding of Apache Kafka architecture, including topics, partitions, and consumer groups.
• Proficiency in Java and Scala.
• Experience in performance tuning of distributed systems at scale.
• Core contributions to Apache open source projects (Kafka, Spark, Flink, or similar).
• Advanced level of English.

Responsibilities

• Contribute actively to Apache Kafka and related open source projects as a core contributor.
• Develop and optimize event streaming platforms for high-throughput message processing.
• Build streaming analytics capabilities using Kafka Streams and integration with Apache Spark.
• Enhance Kafka cluster performance, topic configurations, and producer/consumer optimization.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on system integration and deployment.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

Event streaming platforms

Apache Kafka

Java

Scala

Performance tuning

English proficiency

Tools

Apache Kafka

Apache Spark

Apache Flink

Job description

Staff Apache Kafka Engineer

Staff Apache Kafka Engineer at BairesDev

We are seeking a Staff Apache Kafka Engineer to work on distributed data processing systems and real-time analytics. You'll contribute to Apache Kafka and related ecosystem projects (Kafka, Hive, Iceberg), focusing on performance optimization and scalable architecture.

What You'll Do:

• Contribute actively to Apache Kafka and related open source projects as a core contributor.


• Develop and optimize event streaming platforms for high-throughput message processing.


• Build streaming analytics capabilities using Kafka Streams and integration with Apache Spark.


• Enhance Kafka cluster performance, topic configurations, and producer/consumer optimization.


• Collaborate with engineering teams on system integration and deployment.

What we are looking for:

• 10+ years of experience in software development.


• Strong expertise in distributed systems and large-scale event streaming platforms.


• Understanding of Apache Kafka architecture, including topics, partitions, and consumer groups.


• Proficiency in Java and Scala.


• Experience in performance tuning of distributed systems at scale.


• Core contributions to Apache open source projects (Kafka, Spark, Flink, or similar).


• Advanced level of English.

Benefits

• Excellent compensation in USD or local currency.


• Paid parental leave, vacation, and national holidays.


• Innovative and multicultural work environment.


• Collaborate and learn from global top talent.


• Supportive environment with mentorship, promotions, skill development, and diverse growth opportunities.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level


• Employment type: Full‑time


• Job function: Information Technology


• Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting