Kafka Expert (Staff/Principal)

Senior • Remote

165 - 210 PLN/hr

Warsaw, Poland

Our cooperation offer:

Remuneration ranging from 165 to 210 PLN net per hour for a start
100% remote company with remote-first mindset
Flexible cooperation from any location and without strict schedule
Professional development and freedom in choosing toolset and tech stack
Learning-culture expressed by SoftwareMill Academy and technical reading clubs
Access to many AI tools (Claude, OpenAI, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, etc.)
Leadership and soft-skills in-house trainings
English courses
Small to medium teams with as little procedures as possible
Best tools you need to make our cooperation effective and pleasurable: monitor(s), computer of your choice
DevOps-friendly environment with passionate and skilled people who believe in software craftsmanship - you will have a chance to meet some of them during the selection process
Interesting projects with technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Terraform, clustering and scaling both horizontally and vertically

What we expect:

Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka administration, performance tuning, and its ecosystem
Ability to perform Kafka consulting and lead Kafka trainings
Experience with technical pre-sales activities and direct communication with business stakeholders
Autonomy in project delivery
Readiness to represent SoftwareMill at global events (London Current, Kafka Summit, etc.)
Readiness to conduct demos and workshops with customers, both online and on-site
Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
Very good knowledge about Ansible
Experience with deployment to a cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the industry trends
Good knowledge of English is a must (both spoken and written), we cooperate with clients from all over the world (USA, Australia, Switzerland, etc.)
Polish language is required, as internally we are a Polish speaking company

Nice to have:

Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAAK) and/or Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka (CCDAK)
Hands-on experience with Confluent Platform
Very good knowledge about various IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi, Amazon CDK)
Experience with Grafana
Experience with MLOps and/or DevSecOps
Experience with JVM applications
Management of multi-node clusters
Experience in using AI in software development and deployment cycle
Engagement in the IT community: personal blog, speaking at meetups/conferences, involvement in the open-source projects
Having a pet-project

SoftwareMill

SoftwareMill is a Poland-based software development company operating in the IT and consulting industry, specializing in building scalable, high-quality systems using technologies such as Scala and other JVM-based tools. The company serves international clients across markets including the USA, Australia, and Switzerland. It is known for its strong engineering culture centered on clean code, software craftsmanship, and functional programming. SoftwareMill promotes a remote-first work model and operates with small to medium-sized teams, emphasizing flexibility, autonomy, and minimal bureaucracy. The organization fosters a strong learning culture through internal trainings, reading clubs, architecture discussions, and active engagement in the broader tech community, reflecting its commitment to continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence.

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