Kafka Engineer at Bankgirot
Workplace: Stockholm, Sverige
Expires: September 30, 2025
Bankgirot is seeking a Kafka Engineer to join their growing organization in Stockholm. Bankgirot is a unique player in Sweden's payment market undergoing a major transformation. The IT organization is expanding to develop future-proof solutions following international standards and regulations while ensuring the current payment system operates securely and reliably every day. This role involves building and maintaining a robust event-driven architecture within a technology company that values its mission and colleagues.
Main requirements:
  • Extensive knowledge of Apache Kafka and platform architecture
  • Experience with Kafka ecosystem components like Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and ksqlDB
  • Understanding of automation and Infrastructure as Code using Ansible and Terraform
  • Experience with CI/CD tools
  • Familiarity with container platforms like Kubernetes or Docker
  • Strong insight into security, access control, and logging in distributed systems
  • Experience from mission-critical environments with high availability and security demands
  • Relevant university education or equivalent practical experience
  • Proficiency in Swedish and English
  • Ability to pass security clearance according to Swedish security protection law
Responsibilities:
  • Design, implement, and manage Apache Kafka clusters
  • Develop and operate components such as Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and ksqlDB
  • Optimize performance and handle incidents following ITIL processes
  • Manage CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code practices
  • Work proactively and reactively on design, implementation, operation, monitoring, and troubleshooting
  • Manage access control, log management, and security adaptations
  • Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing
  • Participate actively in platform development and change management processes
Required hard skills:
  • Apache Kafka cluster management
  • Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, ksqlDB
  • Infrastructure as Code tools like Ansible and Terraform
  • CI/CD tools
  • Container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Security and access control in distributed systems
  • ITIL-based incident management
Recommended hard skills:
  • Experience with event-driven architecture in large systems
  • Monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stacks
  • Cloud-based Kafka services such as Confluent Cloud or AWS MSK
Soft skills:
  • Structured and methodical working style
  • Security-focused mindset
  • Ability to collaborate and share knowledge within a team
  • Adaptability to high availability and reliability demands
Natural languages:
  • Swedish (Proficient)
  • English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
  • Working in mission-critical environments
  • Adherence to security standards and regulations
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