Kafka SRE (10/01)

Infolet; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

The relocation package (4500 PLN total

Extended medical care

Multisport card

Life insurance

Job summary

Infolet in Kraków is seeking a Kafka Platform Engineer to deploy, maintain, and optimise a scalable Kafka infrastructure. You will work with Apache Kafka, Confluent Kafka, Kubernetes, and automation tools to ensure high availability and performance of enterprise messaging.

The role spans Kafka platform engineering, infrastructure automation, production support, and performance tuning with a focus on operational excellence. Hybrid work model in Kraków with relocation options available.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and Confluent Kafka.
• Deep Kafka architecture knowledge (brokers, ZK/KRaft, Connect, Schema Registry).
• Practical Kubernetes and containerised infra experience.
• Experience administering production Kafka clusters.
• Knowledge of Kafka Connect and SMTs.
• IaC and infrastructure automation experience.
• Monitoring, performance tuning, and incident management.
• Proficiency with GitHub, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication.
• Very good English in global environment.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Kafka infrastructure across clusters on Kubernetes.
• Manage Kafka components, including scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Administer topics, access permissions, and role bindings in Kafka clusters.
• Configure and maintain Kafka connectors for MQ, Splunk, MongoDB, and GCP Pub/Sub.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability for platform reliability.
• Automate infrastructure operations using scripting and DevOps tools.
• Perform performance benchmarking, analysis, and tuning of Kafka clusters.
• Troubleshoot production issues, conduct RCA, and implement preventative improvements.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Kafka

Confluent Kafka

Kafka architecture

Kubernetes

Kafka Connect

IaC

Monitoring

Incident management

GitHub

Jenkins

Jira

Confluence

RCA

English

Tools

Kubernetes

GitHub

Jenkins

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Kraków ( Hybrid - 2 days in the office / 3 days remote )

PROJECT

Join a global engineering environment focused on building, maintaining, and optimising a reliable and scalable Kafka streaming platform.

You will work with Apache Kafka, Confluent Kafka, Kubernetes, and automation tools, ensuring high availability, performance, and resilience of enterprise messaging infrastructure.

The role combines Kafka platform engineering, infrastructure automation, production support, and performance optimisation, with a strong focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement.

YOU WILL

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Kafka infrastructure, including brokers, ZooKeeper/KRaft, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry


• Manage Kafka components running on Kubernetes, including scaling, upgrades, configuration, and troubleshooting


• Administer Kafka clusters, including provisioning and managing topics, access permissions, and role bindings


• Configure and maintain Kafka connectors for integrations with MQ, Splunk, MongoDB, and GCP Pub/Sub


• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to ensure platform reliability


• Automate infrastructure operations and maintenance activities using scripting and DevOps tools


• Perform performance benchmarking, analysis, and tuning to optimise Kafka clusters


• Troubleshoot production issues, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), and implement preventative improvements


• Collaborate with globally distributed engineering teams and stakeholders

MUST HAVE

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and/or Confluent Kafka


• Deep understanding of Kafka architecture, including brokers, ZooKeeper/KRaft, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry


• Practical experience with Kubernetes and containerised infrastructure


• Experience administering, maintaining, and troubleshooting production Kafka clusters


• Knowledge of Kafka Connect, including connectors, workers, tasks, converters, and SMTs


• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and infrastructure automation


• Knowledge of monitoring, performance tuning, and incident management


• Familiarity with DevOps tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Jira, and Confluence


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills


• Very good English communication skills and ability to work in a global environment

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience integrating Kafka with MQ, Splunk, MongoDB, or GCP Pub/Sub


• Experience with Kafka performance benchmarking and capacity planning


• Knowledge of scripting languages used for infrastructure automation


• Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams

OUR OFFER

• The relocation package (4500 PLN total value) is paid in three installments (1500 PLN per month) if your permanent office presence is mandatory and you need to relocate from another city


• Benefits: Extended medical care (over 2000 medical facilities in Poland, 80 in Kraków) for you and your family; Multisportcard ; Life insurance