Remote Kafka Engineer

Description:

• Design and implement solutions using Kafka in C#, PowerShell & Bash scripting.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to ensure best use of Kafka and data-safe event streaming.
• Oversee Kafka Topic creation to adhere to best practices.
• Identify needs for and develop reference architecture.
• Support developers in choosing correct patterns, event modeling, and maintaining data integrity.
• Identify and implement metrics and alerting requirements.
• Conduct regular reviews of performance data to ensure efficiency.
• Contribute consistently to the development of event-driven patterns, best practices, and guidance.
• Coordinate with manager to keep all teams informed about technological changes and their impacts.
• Troubleshoot issues within a microservices architecture.

Requirements:

• At least 4 years of experience supporting applications in a production environment.
• At least 2 years of cross-functional, cross-team work experience developing and completing projects.
• Advanced REST API experience including data wrangling when consuming data from various endpoints.
• At least intermediate level of understanding of either C#/.NET and PowerShell (preferred) or Bash programming/scripting languages - you will be expected to read and navigate code in multiple languages.
• Proficiency with containers.
• Ability to participate in and contribute to code management in Github including actively collaborating in peer-reviews, feature branches, and resolving conflicts and commits.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong sense of responsibility with a bias towards action.
• Comfortable self-directing and prioritizing your own work.
• Microservices experience is a plus.
• Kubernetes experience is a plus.
• Experience with at least one cloud provider (Azure preferred).
• IaC experience (Terraform highly preferred).
• Kafka or other messaging system experience is a plus.

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary that commensurate with experience and qualifications, plus performance-based bonuses.
• A healthy work-life balance through remote work with flexible work schedules.
• Experience international project engagements.
• 23 days of paid time off plus 15 days of paid sick leave.
• $50/month for sports and wellness budget; $200/annually for annual health check; $140/annually for learning budget.