Senior Software Engineer, Event Streaming Systems

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential technology company seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Event Streaming Systems team in London. This is a hybrid role focused on building and operating mission-critical event streaming infrastructure at scale.

In this position, you will:

• Design, build and operate large-scale event streaming infrastructure supporting critical production workloads
• Improve the reliability, scalability, observability and automation of Kafka and related streaming platforms
• Debug complex distributed systems issues, including performance bottlenecks, capacity constraints and production reliability challenges
• Build infrastructure automation and self-healing capabilities to reduce operational toil and improve platform resilience
• Contribute to incident response, operational readiness and continuous improvement for Tier-0 infrastructure
• Partner closely with Storage, SRE, Data Platform and Core Infrastructure teams across US and EU regions
• Help shape the long-term architecture and evolution of the event streaming platform

What We're Looking For

Our client is seeking candidates with strong expertise in distributed systems and event streaming technologies. The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong hands-on experience building or operating distributed systems in production
• Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming systems, either as a platform, infrastructure service or critical production dependency
• Strong coding ability in Java, Go, Python or similar languages, with a focus on reliable, maintainable production systems
• Experience operating scalable production infrastructure, including debugging, troubleshooting and improving reliability
• Strong understanding of infrastructure automation, observability, capacity management and operational excellence
• Good fundamentals in Linux, networking and JVM-based systems
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across platform, infrastructure and product engineering teams

Nice to have:

• Experience contributing to Kafka or related open source distributed systems
• Experience with Redpanda, WarpStream, AutoMQ, Pulsar or similar streaming technologies
• Experience with JVM tuning, broker tuning, partition management or Cruise Control
• Experience with tiered storage, diskless streaming architectures or multi-region event streaming platforms
• Experience operating Tier-0 infrastructure at large scale

How We Work With You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai will guide you through the entire process. Here's how it works:

• Submit your application through the Get A Job.ai platform
• Our recruiters will screen your profile and conduct an initial conversation
• We'll prepare and submit your candidacy to our client on your behalf
• If selected, we'll coordinate interviews and provide support throughout the process
• Please do not contact the client directly—all communication flows through Get A Job.ai

The interview process typically includes 3-4 stages designed to let your skills shine.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process and are competitive for the London market. This role also includes equity participation.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Get A Job.ai is committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and work with clients who share our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. If you require reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know and we will coordinate appropriate support.