Kafka Engineer/Platform Engineer/DevOps

CirrusLabs

$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of applied experience
  • Hands-on experience in system design, application development, and operational stability
  • Expert in messaging/streaming systems like Kafka and ActiveMQ, and expertise in Terraform
  • Proficient in AWS messaging platforms (Amazon MSK, Amazon MQ, Amazon SQS)
  • Skilled in programming languages (Java, Python, Go)
  • Experienced in automation and continuous delivery methodologies
  • Deep understanding of software development life cycle and agile methodologies

Responsibilities

  • Execute creative software solutions and tackle technical problems beyond routine approaches
  • Develop secure high-quality production code and conduct code reviews
  • Identify and automate the resolution of recurring operational issues
  • Lead evaluations of architectural designs with vendors and internal teams
  • Facilitate communities of practice to promote new technologies
  • Contribute to a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements to foster work-life balance
  • Opportunities for professional development and certification
  • Inclusive and supportive team culture
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies and practices
  • Participation in innovative projects impacting the financial services industry
Full Job Description
Platform Engineer
Jersey City, NJ
Long term
Interview: Devops Coding Assessment + 2 technical interviews

Job responsibilities
  • Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  • Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  • Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
  • Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
  • Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Expertise in messaging and streaming systems (Kafka, ActiveMQ) and Terraform
  • Proficiency in AWS messaging platforms like Amazon MSK, Amazon MQ, Amazon SQS etc.,
  • Proficiency in one of more programming languages (Java, Python, Go, etc.,)
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
  • Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Familiarity in provisioning and public cloud native components
  • Platforming solutions for general purpose consumption within the enterprise is a plus

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