At Madiff, we connect top IT talent with cutting-edge companies through remote Agile teams and nearshore outsourcing. With operations in Poland, Portugal, France, and the UK, we specialize in AI, DevOps, and Cybersecurity – supporting industries like Telecom, Banking, and Hi-Tech.
We are looking for a Kafka Infrastructure Engineer to join a high-performing team focused on building and maintaining robust streaming infrastructure. You’ll be working on complex enterprise environments, ensuring the reliability and performance of Kafka-based platforms that support key business applications and services.
Responsibilities:- Manage and maintain high-availability Kafka clusters in production
- Monitor Kafka using tools like
Burrow, identify lags and performance bottlenecks
Handle topic configurations, partitioning, replication, and Zookeeper coordination
Deploy and configure Kafka environments using Ansible
Work with developers to support application releases and environment expansions
Liaise with Cloudera support on Kafka-specific issues
Maintain and support MirrorMaker/SRM for cross-cluster replication
Support DR processes and participate in on-call rotations
Log parsing and integration (e.g. Logstash)
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimise performance and stabilityRequirements
- Strong experience operating Kafka clusters in a production environment
- Knowledge of Kafka internals:
topics, partitions, replication, Zookeeper
Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management
Exposure to Cloudera Kafka distribution (nice to have)
Knowledge of SQL
Experience with MirrorMaker/SRM
Familiarity with log processing tools and Kafka monitoring
Readiness to work on-call and support critical environments
Good communication skills and ability to collaborate across teamsBenefits
- Hybrid work model – 1 day per week in the client's office in Warsaw
- Comprehensive medical care
- Solid, competitive salary.
- Work in multilingual, multinational and multicultural environment on international projects
