Software Engineer (Kafka/Apache Flink)

• Strong practical experience with Apache Flink, including Flink SQL (filter expressions, projections, window joins).
• Experience operating Flink on Kubernetes, preferably with the Flink Kubernetes Operator.
• Solid understanding of stateful stream processing concepts and related operational concerns.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and/or Confluent Platform, including producer/consumer models and topic/consumer group management.
• Experience with Kafka Connect (source and sink connectors) and development or customization of SMTs.
• Familiarity with Confluent Schema Registry, Avro schema design and schema evolution strategies.
• Practical experience deploying and troubleshooting applications on Kubernetes.
• Fluent English (spoken and written).

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of AsyncAPI v3 for event-driven documentation.
• Experience developing custom Kafka Connect SMTs in Java.
• Previous implementation of XML-to-Avro transformation logic.
• Familiarity with GitOps, CI/CD workflows and YAML-based configuration management.
• Working knowledge of Flink Table API.
• Experience with agentic engineering or AI-assisted delivery lifecycles.

• Design and implement a Flink SQL filter-rule framework and associated validation tooling.
• Develop a Kafka Connect Single Message Transform (SMT) plugin to perform XML-to-Avro transformations.
• Define and deliver consumer self-service YAML schema templates and PR workflows to streamline onboarding.
• Integrate producers and consumers with Confluent Schema Registry and ensure robust Avro schema evolution practices.
• Prepare and maintain deployment manifests leveraging the Flink Kubernetes Operator; support Kubernetes deployment and runtime troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with the MEP team on architecture decisions, code and design reviews, and operational readiness.
• Contribute to topic and consumer group management practices and operational playbooks for stateful stream processing.