Senior Engineer - Kafka

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🕒 May 8

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The Leaflet

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11 - 50 employees

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The Leaflet is an open-source JavaScript library for building mobile-friendly interactive maps. It is lightweight (around 42 KB), designed for simplicity, performance and usability, and provides core mapping features such as tile layers, markers, vector layers, popups, and interaction handlers. Leaflet is highly extensible via a large plugin ecosystem, well-documented, and maintained by a broad community of contributors and organizations.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and implementation of our Kafka ecosystem, including configuration, deployment, and optimization for reliability, performance and scalability • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and define Kafka use cases and architectures that align with business objectives • Design and implement Kafka integration with other data systems and pipelines • Implement security measures to protect Kafka clusters and data, including encryption, authentication, and authorization • Establish monitoring, alerting, and logging mechanisms to ensure the health and performance of Kafka clusters, and troubleshoot issues as they arise • Provide guidance and best practices to development teams on Kafka usage, including producers, consumers, and stream processing applications • Collaborate with development teams to define Kafka topics, partitions, and configurations based on application requirements • Automate deployment, configuration, and monitoring tasks using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef • Stay up-to-date with the latest Kafka developments and best practices, and make recommendations for continuous improvement.

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience • Proven experience as a Kafka Engineer or similar role, with hands-on experience deploying and managing Kafka clusters in production Cloud environments • Deep understanding of Kafka architecture, including brokers, topics, partitions, replication, and consumer groups • Extensive experience with Kafka administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting • Experience with Kafka security features, such as SSL/TLS encryption, Kerberos authentication, and ACLs • Experience with Kafka integration patterns and technologies, such as Kafka Connect and other Kafka ecosystem tools • Proficiency in programming and scripting languages, such as Java, Scala, Python, or Shell scripting • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits • Flexible vacation allowance • Flexible work from home or office hours • Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand • Opportunity to build products enjoyed by millions as part of a passionate team