Remote Senior Kafka Administrator

Spribe OÜ; Województwo mazowieckie; Remote; PLN 201,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

SPRIBE is seeking a skilled Kafka Administrator in Poland to own the design, deployment, operation and upgrades of our Kafka platform (self-managed and MSK), including Kafka Connect and Schema Registry. You will define topics/partitions/retention with development teams and occasionally support PostgreSQL operations.

You will investigate performance and reliability issues, ensuring high availability through monitoring, DR tests, and robust failover.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Kafka ecosystem, including setup, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Database Administration and Programming experience with PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, deployment, operation and upgrades of our Kafka platform (self-managed and MSK), including Kafka Connect and Schema Registry, Glue, Flink.
• Define topic, partitioning, retention and schema governance standards together with development teams.
• Occasionally support PostgreSQL operations alongside the team: routine maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Investigate and resolve performance, throughput and reliability issues across Kafka and PostgreSQL.
• Ensure high availability through SLOs, monitoring, alerting (including consumer lag) and regular DR/failover testing.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate Kafka into their applications.
• Expertise in investigation and resolution of performance related issues.
• Support development teams integrating with Kafka (producers, consumers, Kafka Streams, Flink).

Skills

Kafka ecosystem

PostgreSQL

Monitoring & troubleshooting

Tools

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

ksqldb

Flink

MSK

Glue

Job description

O projekcie:

SPRIBE is an innovative B2B iGaming provider reshaping the industry with cutting-edge technology. We pioneered the crash-game format with our flagship title Aviator, which now boasts almost 80 million monthly active players. Alongside Aviator, SPRIBE builds forward-thinking solutions like the Broadway Platform, enabling operators to launch and scale with exceptional speed and efficiency.

We are looking for a highly skilled Kafka Administrator to drive the evolution of our technical infrastructure. In this role, you will be the ultimate technical authority for our environments, responsible for defining architecture, driving automation, and ensuring the absolute reliability, scalability, and security of our high-load systems.

Why join SPRIBE

• Generous paid time off - Enjoy 26 business days of paid vacation annually, plus 7 days off — because we value your well-being and work-life balance.
• Top-tier equipment - We provide and deliver all necessary corporate hardware so you can start strong from day one.
• Health & wellness support - Our benefits catalog lets you choose what matters most: Medical insurance
• Celebrating your moments -We recognize and celebrate your birthdays and work anniversaries with thoughtful gifts — because your milestones matter.
• Global team events - Once a year we host unforgettable corporate events in some of the world’s most exciting cities — a unique blend of team spirit and adventure.

Wymagania:

• Strong knowledge of Kafka ecosystem, including setup, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting, including Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, Schema Registry and ksqldb or Flink.
• Database Administration and Programming experience with PostgreSQL.

Codzienne zadania:

• Own the design, deployment, operation and upgrades of our Kafka platform (self-managed and MSK), including Kafka Connect and Schema Registry, Glue, Flink.
• Define topic, partitioning, retention and schema governance standards together with development teams.
• Ocassionally support PostgreSQL operations alongside the team: routine maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Investigate and resolve performance, throughput and reliability issues across Kafka and PostgreSQL.
• Ensure high availability through SLOs, monitoring, alerting (including consumer lag) and regular DR/failover testing.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate Kafka into their applications.
• Expertise in investigation and resolution of performance related issues.
• Support development teams integrating with Kafka (producers, consumers, Kafka Streams, Flink).