Data Streaming Platform Engineer

Nuvei

Kafka Platform & Operations Engineer operating Nuvei’s enterprise streaming infrastructure. Supporting cloud migration, production reliability, automation, and 24/7 payment-processing data operations.

Posted 8/16/2026full-timeTel Aviv-Yafo • 🇮🇱 IsraelJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in operating and monitoring Kafka environments, including Confluent Cloud and Kubernetes deployments, while ensuring platform reliability and governance. Proficient in troubleshooting production incidents and automating operations through scripting and CI/CD practices.

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Apache KafkaConfluent PlatformKafka ConnectScripting AutomationLinux Production Support

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Hard Skills

Topics ManagementPartitions ManagementReplicationConsumer GroupsRoot-Cause AnalysisInfrastructure-As-CodeCI/CDMonitoringDisaster RecoveryObservability

Soft Skills

TroubleshootingCommunicationOwnership

Tools & Technologies

Confluent CloudKubernetesHelmTerraformPythonBashPowerShellGit

Certifications & Qualifications

Confluent/Kafka Certification

Industry Keywords

PaymentsFintechBankingRegulated EnvironmentSRE Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheAzureCloudKafkaKubernetesLinuxPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Operate and monitor Kafka environments across Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, and Kubernetes/CFK deployments, including availability, consumer lag, replication, throughput, latency, storage, and capacity.
Troubleshoot production incidents, participate in on-call, perform root-cause analysis, and improve resilience, failover, and disaster-recovery readiness.
Manage topics, partitions, retention, ACLs, consumer groups, Kafka Connect connectors, and Schema Registry.
Deploy, configure, upgrade, patch, and scale platform components and connectors while maintaining secure access and configuration consistency.
Automate platform operations and provisioning using scripting, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD.
Work with DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Data, and application teams to onboard workloads and continuously improve platform reliability and governance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and strong knowledge of topics, partitions, replication, producers, consumers, and consumer groups.
Hands-on experience with Confluent Platform and/or Confluent Cloud, including Kafka Connect and Schema Registry.
Experience supporting production systems on Linux, including monitoring, logs, networking, certificates, authentication, and access control.
Scripting and automation experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar tools, plus familiarity with Git and CI/CD.
Strong ownership, troubleshooting, and communication skills, with willingness to participate in an on-call rotation.
Preferred: experience with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes/Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK), Helm, or Terraform.
Preferred: experience with Kafka Connect ecosystem, including Debezium plugins, SMTs, Replicator, and source/sink connectors.
Preferred: familiarity with observability, SRE practices, SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and disaster recovery.
Preferred: experience in payments, fintech, banking, or another regulated environment.
Confluent/Kafka certification is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Private Medical Insurance
Office and home hybrid working
Global bonus plan
Volunteering programs
Prime location office close to Tel Aviv train station