Sr Software Engineer - Kafka Platform

The tools and solutions you build will deal with all aspects of the product in production such as availability, reliability, performance, monitoring, emergency response, capacity planning, and disaster recovery. We will also be looking to you to influence the overall design and architecture.

All of our engineering team roll up their sleeves and jump in to deal with critical customer issues, this of course helps you with; understanding the challenges customers face and build better products. To do this you will need to have great communication skills towards internal teams and customers alike.

What We're Looking For
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and operations
• Familiarity with Kafka or similar high-scale distributed data systems
• 6+ years of software development experience in a commercial environment.
• Experience building automation to operate large-scale data systems
• Solid experience working with large private or public clouds
• A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
• Excellent spoken/written communication
• Preferred proficiency with Python/Java, shell scripting, system diagnostic and automation tooling
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field or equivalent

What Gives You An Edge
• Experience operating Kafka at scale is a big plus
• Experience working with JVMs a plus
• Experience with systems performance a plus

Come As You Are

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