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IT Kafka Engineer

Amstelveen

We ask

• 5+ jaar
• Een procesmatige aanpak
• Analytical skills

We offer

• € 5.847 - € 8.353 pm
• Excellent employment conditions
• In charge of personal development

Why ABN AMRO?

• Building a future proof bank
• A diverse and inclusive culture
• Extensive internal career opportunities

IT Kafka Engineer

At a glance

Are you ready to take on the challenge of designing innovative solutions in a dynamic, data-driven environment? At ABN AMRO, we're seeking an IT Engineer with a strong focus on Kafka to join our Data Devils team, where we manage high-volume data streams, enabling seamless batch and streaming data integration. This is your opportunity to shape the future of data flow in a critical fraud detection domain that powers fraud detection and business intelligence for a zero-fraud client experience.

Your job

The Data Devils team processes millions of records daily, ensuring seamless data integration for real-time, batch, and streaming processes. Using Apache Kafka as a core streaming platform and integrating Azure cloud technologies, we provide secure and reliable data transfer, empowering critical business applications.

Your key responsibilities are the following:

• Architecture and Design: Analyze the current application landscape and develop high-performance solutions designs for data integration challenges.
• Cloud Expertise: Design and implement data solutions leveraging Azure cloud technologies.
• Streaming Innovation: Develop real-time and batch data flow strategies using Apache Kafka as the streaming platform.
• Collaboration: Partner with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with business objectives.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure all architectural designs meet banking standards and policies.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance to technical teams on best practices and emerging trends.

Working environment

At ABN AMRO, we strive to be a personal bank in a digital age. That strategy is also brought to life in how we work ourselves. Hence, we offer hybrid working as the new normal. This offers you the flexibility to decide when and where can work most comfortably and effectively. Of course, we offer you the right resources you need to set up a good home office. For example, an ergonomic chair, desk and laptop.

Your profile

As an IT Engineer with a strong focus on Kafka, you'll develop and maintain data streaming solutions to support complex application landscapes. Your expertise will enable seamless integration of real-time data channels, ensuring scalability, reliability, and compliance with banking standards.

Hard skills

• 5+ years of experience working with Apache Kafka as a streaming platform, including Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, and Kafka ecosystem tools.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with the Azure cloud platforms and technologies, with a solid understanding of their integration capabilities. Solid understanding of event-driven architectures and microservices-based design patterns.

• Familiarity with Java development, with the ability to write and debug code related to Kafka producers/consumers and stream processing logic.

Soft Skills:

• English proficiency

• Excellent communicator, being able to convince people.

• Have a proactive and open attitude, is flexible and likes challenges.

• Willingness to collaborate and learn with the team. Also participate in Triangles and circles in the bank

• An automation mindset with the ability to design solutions that streamline repetitive task to improve operations efficiency.

Nice-to-Have:

• Proficiency in developing custom Kafka connectors or stream processing applications using Java or related frameworks (e.g., Spring Kafka).

• Experience with Linux environments.

• Exposure to DevOps and Agile methodologies.

• Understanding of schema management tools like Confluent Schema Registry or Avro.

We are offering

• The gross monthly salary displayed above is based on a 36-hour work week, including vacation pay and benefit budget.
• The Benefit Budget is 11% of your salary. The Benefit Budget allows you to acquire additional employment benefits.
• If you make no purchases or reservations in the Benefit Shop in a given month, you are paid one twelfth of your Benefit Budget that month.
• Five weeks of vacation per year. You have the option to purchase an additional four weeks per year.
• Personal development Budget of € 1,000 per year, which you can accumulate up to € 3,000.
• Possibility to work from home (in consultation with your team and depending on your position).
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands.
• An excellent pension scheme.

Who are your colleagues?

"There are always new systems and technologies we can apply in our work. We are constantly innovating, and that allows me to keep on challenging myself."

"Maths isn't about numbers; it's about using logic to solve problems. Numbers are important in my work, but what really matters is the human behaviour behind them. That's what I try to predict with the models I build."

Are you made of the right stuff?

Socially engaged

At ABN AMRO, you work wherever you want