Platform Engineer – Event Streaming (Kafka | Cloud & Hybrid)

Are you passionate about building and operating large-scale distributed systems powering real-time data? Do you enjoy combining platform engineering, automation, and AI-driven operations to deliver highly reliable and scalable systems?
Join Maersk’s Technical Services Engineering as a Platform Engineer for the Event Streaming Platform, where you will help evolve a cloud-native, Kafka-based platform that enables real-time integration across global logistics systems.
This role provides a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of event streaming, cloud platforms, platform engineering, and AI-driven operations, contributing directly to Maersk’s ambition of becoming a digital leader in global trade.

About the Role:
We are hiring a Platform Engineer to build and operate our enterprise-scale Event Streaming Platform, a Kafka-based backbone powering real-time data across global systems.

You will work on a contemporary platform spanning Azure (AKS), AWS (EKS), and on-premises Kafka clusters, combining distributed systems,



cloud-native engineering, and AI-driven operations.

This role is ideal for engineers passionate about Kafka at scale, platform engineering, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Do:

Build & Evolve the Platform
• Implement and enhance a scalable, multi-tenant Kafka platform across cloud and on-prem environments
• Build self-service capabilities (APIs, automation, onboarding workflows)
• Contribute to a developer-first platform with strong focus on usability and reliability
• Drive automation-first engineering using Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps

Operate Kafka at Scale
• Operate Kafka clusters on Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) and on-prem (VM/bare-metal)
• Own:• Topic design, partitioning, replication strategy
• ISR management and broker health
• Performance tuning (throughput, latency, storage)

• Support hybrid patterns (on-prem ↔ cloud connectivity, replication, migration)

AI-Driven Operatio

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🏢 A.P. Moller - Maersk
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