Software Development Engineer III - Kafka as a Service

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Software Development Engineer(SDE II; III) - Managed Kafka as a service
We are seeking experienced builders for our Managed Kafka as a Service; a fully managed service that makes it easy for Tesco’s development teams to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. We are looking for engineers who are enthusiastic about data streaming; and are as passionate about solving problems at scale.
As a member of the Managed Kafka as a service team; you will be making contributions to the entire stack - the APIs; the core Kafka platform; and stand-alone tools that makes it easier to administer Kafka better. You will design and build new features; make performance improvements; identify and investigate new technologies; prototype solutions; build scalable services; and test and review changes; to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
The ideal candidate has experience designing large-scale systems supporting millions of transactions per second; enjoys solving complex software problems; and possesses analytical; design and problem-solving skills. Ideally you have an in-depth understanding of streaming data technologies such as Apache Kafka; and experience with open-source data processing frameworks like Apache Spark; Apache Flink; or Apache Storm. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with other engineers to build a large scale cloud services; and work with senior leaders to define your team's roadmap; including identifying design and code changes needed in the underlying open source platforms.
Programming

* Good Understanding of Java/J2EE programming language Microservices Spring Spring-Boot NoSQL Dependency Injection frameworks RESTful services Build tools etc.
* Understands framework and enough of tool ecosystem of chosen language to implement end to end component with minimal assistance
* Comfortable producing and refactoring code without assistance
* Able to test drive features in programming language of choice
* Understands different major language paradigms (OOP/Functional)
* Understands presence of abstraction beneath language (JVM/CLR)
* Can debug code
* Can understand and resolve complex issues
* Has strong knowledge of observability; alerting patterns.
Kafka
* Experience setting up Multi region Kafka clusters; mirror makers; DR; Zookeepers; KRaft; replication from scratch.
* Hands-on experience with Kafka Brokers and understanding of underlying functionality.
* Hands-on experience with Kafka streams and KSQL DB and understanding of underlying implementation and functionality.
* Hands-on experience with Confluent or Apache Strimzi Kafka connectors and functionality.
* Good understanding of Kafka client (Producer and consumer) functionality.
* Ability to design and implement technical solutions for the Kafka On-prem and Cloud platform.
* Deep knowledge of Kafka best practices and implementation experience.
* Responsible for assisting producer and consumer applications to onboard on to Kafka.
* Good experience with troubleshooting Kafka platform issues.
* Able to troubleshoot and support producer and consumer issues.

Programming

* Good Understanding of Java/J2EE programming language Microservices Spring Spring-Boot NoSQL Dependency Injection frameworks RESTful services Build tools etc.
* Understands framework and enough of tool ecosystem of chosen language to implement end to end component with minimal assistance


Kafka

* Experience setting up Multi region Kafka clusters; mirror makers; DR; Zookeepers; KRaft; replication from scratch.
* Hands-on experience with Kafka Brokers and understanding of underlying functionality.