Project – the aim you’ll have

Our client is a gaming company established to reform the national gaming system. Operating under the principle of exclusivity, its mission is to provide games responsibly, mitigate gambling-related risks, and ensure player protection while preventing fraud.

The company offers a wide range of games divided into three main categories: Lucky Games, Casino Games, and Betting Games. It emphasizes operating responsibly and contributing to a safe and secure gaming environment.

We are seeking a hands-on Data-as-a-Service Engineer with deep expertise in Apache Kafka to join our team. In this role, you will serve as the go-to expert for all Kafka-related work, helping to shape our architecture, drive best practices, and guide our engineering teams in scaling, monitoring, and optimizing our data streaming platform. A background in Platform Engineering and a strong command of modern cloud-native tooling are essential.

Position – how you’ll contribute

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our event streaming platform, ensuring it’s scalable, secure, and resilient.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance infrastructure, observability, and deployment workflows.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring on best practices related to Kafka and platform architecture.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and propose improvements to increase system reliability and efficiency.
• Automate operations and support continuous integration and deployment across services.
• Contribute to platform strategy and help evolve our infrastructure as the business scales.

Expectations – the experience you need

• Expert-level knowledge of Apache Kafka, including experience with scaling, monitoring, fault tolerance, security, and migration.
• Strong background in platform engineering and building distributed systems in production environments.
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, particularly with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) components such as Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Tasks.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker, including Helm charts, Kubernetes operators, and service mesh integration.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitLab.
• Skilled in Python and Bash scripting for automation and operational tooling.
• Familiarity with core cloud networking components such as VPCs, API Gateways, and Load Balancers.
• Comfortable working with monitoring and logging tools, especially Prometheus and Grafana.
• Self-driven, pragmatic, and able to make technical decisions independently while collaborating across teams.

Why us? Because there are many perks waiting for you:

• New technologies & experience working on international projects;
• Flexible working hours and remote work;
• An agile, supportive, and non-bureaucratic organizational culture;
• Monthly Lunch Tickets received on card;
• Additional medical insurance, self-development leaves and sports membership reimbursement;
• Paid Team Building Activities based on Projects and Interests;
• More intriguing benefits will be revealed during our online interviews...

Position at: Software Mind Romania