Senior Kafka Engineer
Metro Bank, Holborn, Camden
Senior Kafka Engineer
Salary Not Specified
Metro Bank, Holborn, Camden
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted today, 20 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 4de5ff95fcdb457a9f718cd7bd93bba8
Full Job Description
- Oversee the design, development, and deployment of Event Streaming solutions, ensuring they meet quality standards and project objectives
- Review and approve changes to Kafka implementations, ensuring adherence to architectural principles and coding standards. You will rationalise and simplify solutions before and during their build
- Mentor and guide engineers to develop event streaming applications, working with the Chapter Lead to ensure appropriate guidelines, standards and processes are in place and applied consistently
- Drive continuous improvement in software development processes, tools, and methodologies
- Balance delivery priorities with long-term stability to minimize technical debt
- Present technical concepts to stakeholders, both technical and non-technical
- Foster experimentation & innovation across teams to solve complex technical challenges
Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders - 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4 years focused on Kafka and event streaming technologies
- Strong knowledge of event streaming patterns and their application
- Extensive experience with Kafka architecture, including cluster setup, configuration, and optimization
- Experience in software development/engineering and solution design at a senior level, working with Architecture and alongside multiple technology disciplines, including creation and maintenance of technical documentation and knowledge repositories
- Experience working with onshore and offshore teams and working in an environment that includes 3rd party vendors and suppliers
- Ability to troubleshoot and work with multiple teams to determine root cause of issues by supporting the investigation of code and data
- Evidence of taking a personal level of ownership that has seen you going over and above to meet deadlines and deliver the best outcomes
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience communicating with stakeholders at all levels
- Contributions to open-source projects or relevant certifications (e.g., Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka)
We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts! - We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!).
- We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.