Distributed Systems Engineering with Apache Kafka ft. Jason Gustafson

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a distributed systems engineer at Confluent? Core Kafka Engineer Jason Gustafson dives into the challenges of working on distributed systems, particularly when it comes to a unique system like Apache Kafka®. He also discusses ways in which Confluent is working with the community to solve active problems and what it takes to be a distributed systems engineer.As always, Confluent is looking for engineers who are interested in distributed systems, and you don’t have to have 10 years of experience to do it!EPISODE LINKSKIP-392: Allow consumers to fetch from closest replicaKafka Improvement ProposalsHow to contributeHow Confluent's Engineering Team is Building the Infrastructure for Real-Time Event StreamingJoin us in Confluent Community SlackSEASON 2 Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed Music by Coastal Kites Artwork by Phil Vo  🎧 Subscribe to Confluent Developer wherever you listen to podcasts. ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube, and hit the 🔔 to catch new episodes.👍 If you enjoyed this, please leave us a rating. 🎧 Confluent also has a podcast for tech leaders: "Life Is But A Stream" hosted by our friend, Joseph Morais.