Kafka Solutions Architect

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

We are SoftwareMill - a diverse group of collaborating individuals: total geeks, humanists, fans of fantasy and karate, Apple and Android enthusiasts. Both our differences and shared values allow us to create one of the most people-friendly companies in the IT industry.

And it’s not just our opinion – this unique culture of cooperation has earned us the title of Poland’s Best Workplace in the 50–99 people category, recognized by Great Place to Work! We cooperate 100% remotely, from our homes scattered all over Poland (but not only!).

Interested in starting cooperation with us? See what it takes to become a SoftwareMiller!

We are looking for a Kafka Expert with Admin and Technical Pre-Sales skills. The given role will cooperate with our Business Development & CTO, working on our technological partnerships and consulting.

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

,[] Requirements: Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Cloud, Grafana, Apache Kafka, MLOps, JVM Tools: Jira, Github, Confluence, GitHub, Agile, Scrum, Kanban. Additionally: Training budget, Flat structure, Small teams, International projects, Conference budget, Remote job forever, Sport subscription.