TL;DR

IT Architect (Kafka): Designing solution architecture for high-throughput, low-latency payment systems with an accent on redesigning microservices and optimizing Kafka-based event-driven architectures. Focus on providing architectural guidance to development teams and ensuring solutions meet performance, resilience, and scalability targets.

Location: Hybrid from Gdańsk (at least 2 days per week from the office)

Salary: 1100 - 1350 PLN/day on B2B

Company

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What you will do

Designing and leading solution architecture for high-throughput, low-latency payment systems.
Redesigning microservices to meet demanding performance and scalability targets.
Defining and optimizing Kafka-based, event-driven architectures.
Providing architectural guidance and technical leadership to development teams.
Reviewing solutions with a strong focus on performance, resilience, and scalability.
Supporting integration with legacy and mainframe-based systems.

Requirements

Strong experience in solution architecting for large-scale, high-throughput systems (min. 5 years).
Proven expertise in building low-latency architectures handling 15–50k TPS.
Deep knowledge of Apache Kafka and event-driven systems.
Java knowledge (on a level that allows communication with development teams) and Python skills for data processing and scripting.
Strong understanding of distributed systems and data-intensive architectures.
Experience in banking, payments, or transaction processing environments.

Nice to have

General knowledge of IBM Mainframe and legacy banking systems.
Experience with card transactions and payment processing platforms.

Culture & Benefits

Flexible work organization.
International work environment with daily English interaction.
Scandinavian organizational culture promoting work-life balance.
Time for additional training financed by Jit.
Jit community with regular integration meetings.

It Architect (Kafka)