DevOps Engineer (Kafka)

Location: Europe; remote work is available

Company

hirify.global operates trading and market-data infrastructure.

What you will do

• Design, build, configure, and maintain Kafka clusters and messaging infrastructure.
• Manage and improve DevOps infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and operations with Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Build monitoring and alerting systems and ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with development teams on Kafka topic design, schema management, and connectors.
• Design backup, replication, and disaster recovery solutions; troubleshoot incidents and improve system stability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineer.
• Strong production experience with Apache Kafka and message brokers such as RabbitMQ or RocketMQ.
• Deep understanding of event-driven, modular monolith, and microservices architectures.
• Experience running stateful workloads on Kubernetes and hands-on experience with Terraform.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Strong Linux administration skills, including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and experience with cloud and/or on-premises infrastructure.
• English level: B1 or higher.

Nice to have

• Experience with Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, or CDC using Debezium.
• Experience with Kubernetes Operators such as Strimzi, Helm, or Amazon MSK.
• Experience with low-latency or high-throughput systems.
• Experience with data pipelines involving ClickHouse, HDFS, or Spark.
• Experience in trading, fintech, or market-data environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with an opportunity to work remotely.
• 20 paid vacation days and 10 paid sick leave days per year.
• Public holidays according to the company-approved holiday list.
• Medical insurance.
• Professional education, language learning, and wellness budgets.