Senior Kafka Engineer / Solution Designer

Euroclear is expanding its enterprise event streaming capabilities and is building a corporate Kafka-based Event Streaming Service. We are looking for a senior Kafka engineer who can combine solution design, hands-on engineering, and operational expertise to help shape, evaluate, and enable this strategic platform.

Responsibilities The role sits within Euroclear’s Group Technology Services division, in the Communication and Integration Services (CIS) squad. In this position, you will help design, assess, and enable the target event streaming platform, working closely with engineering teams, enterprise architecture, and key stakeholders across the organisation. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Evaluate and compare implementation options for the enterprise event streaming service, including platform, deployment, and operating model choices.
• Work with Enterprise Architecture to define, analyse, and document event-driven architecture patterns and target solution designs.
• Define the governance, standards, and guardrails required for a secure, scalable, and sustainable platform enablement.
• Design, implement, and evolve Confluent services in both on-premises and cloud environments to support platform capabilities, technical standards, and adoption.
• Define how Kafka-based services and associated components are integrated into CI/CD pipelines and engineering practices.
• Operate the Euroclear Kafka platform across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring reliability, availability, security, and operational continuity.
• Support the CIS squad and delivery teams in the enablement, onboarding, and operational adoption of the event streaming platform.

Soft Skills We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• A collaborative mindset, with a strong ability to work across teams, learn quickly, and share knowledge with peers and stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain services, processes, architectural choices, and governance topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Technical Skills And Experience The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise across the Kafka ecosystem, including:

• Strong practical expertise with Apache Kafka and its core ecosystem.
• Experience with Confluent Platform and related services in enterprise environments.
• A balanced background spanning platform engineering, solution design, and operational support for both producers/consumers and runtime environments.
• You are comfortable working with Kafka solutions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, and you understand the operational, security, and integration considerations that come with each model.

Please note that this is a permanent position, and we do not offer freelance/contract arrangement for the role. About Us Why join us Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.

What We Offer

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Ways of working Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office 8 days a month and also benefit from remote working.

Great Place to Work for All We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process. Our values guide how we work together and shape our future: Our mission and values - Euroclear

About The Team Group Technology Services (GTS) plans, builds and runs the global infrastructure of Euroclear, and is additionally responsible for the IT service management to the operating entities of the various Group markets. Group Technology Services operates its IT systems and IT services in such a way that, at an appropriate and benchmarked cost level, it can deliver the agreed levels of service to support the requirements of the business processes, for both normal operations and during disaster recovery.