Kafka Master Engineer (Architect)
🇽🇰 Prishtina, Kosovo
EngineeringKafkaSenior
Compare your skills with our requirements
We are migrating from RabbitMQ to Kafka, which will become the backbone of our trading and data infrastructure. This role is for a hands-on Kafka expert with real-world experience in designing, implementing, and operating high-load, mission-critical systems.
You should be someone who has already navigated the pitfalls of large-scale production deployments and can ensure zero data loss, zero downtime, and strong ordering/consistency guarantees.
Must-have
- 7+ years of hands-on experience with Kafka in production (not just theoretical knowledge).
- Proven track record of designing clusters for very high throughput & low latency.
- Deep understanding of Kafka internals (replication, partitioning, ISR management, broker tuning, retention policies).
- Experience mitigating real-world issues (GC pauses, Zookeeper/KRaft quirks, producer/consumer tuning, cross-DC replication).
- Strong expertise in performance optimization and resilience engineering.
- Solid background in monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting Kafka under extreme load.
Is a plus
- Knowledge of RabbitMQ to assist with migration strategy.
- Experience with financial-grade, real-time streaming systems.
- Familiarity with C++, Java, Python, PHP, or Go (though this role is Kafka-focused).
- Exposure to BI, payments, and order processing pipelines.
What you will do
- Architect and lead the migration from RabbitMQ to Kafka.
- Design and deploy Kafka clusters for trade order processing, price feeds, payments, BI, and real-time data streams.
- Define hardware, storage, and networking configurations tailored for high reliability and low latency.
- Establish policies and best practices for replication, partitioning, consistency, and fault tolerance.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and automated recovery mechanisms.
- Mentor internal teams and ensure operational excellence during and after migration.
- Challenge assumptions and propose pragmatic, battle-tested solutions for production environments.