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Katherine Stanley

Red Hat

Kate Stanley is a software engineer, technical speaker, and Java Champion. She has experience running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes, developing enterprise Kafka applications, and writing connectors for Kafka Connect. She also specialises in cloud-native Java applications and microservices architectures. Kate currently works as a principal software engineer in the Red Hat Kafka team. She also contributes to multiple open source projects, including the Kafka operator, Strimzi.
Alongside development, Kate has a passion for presenting and sharing knowledge. She has presented at conferences around the world, including Devoxx Belgium, Kafka Summit in San Francisco and Jfokus in Sweden. She has authored two LinkedIn Learning courses on MicroProfile and Apache Kafka, and written an eBook on writing microservices with Java. She has also written a book on Kafka Connect which was published in 2023.

Badges 14

Talks 13

  1. Devoxx UK 2025

    An open source journey from contributor to maintainer

    May 2025People & Culture▶ Watch

  2. Devoxx UK 2024

    Managing Kubernetes workloads: extend the platform with operators

    May 2024Build & Deploy▶ Watch

  3. Devoxx UK 2024

    Getting up to speed with Kafka Connect

    May 2024Data & AI▶ Watch

  4. Devoxx UK 2021

    Streaming with Structure

    November 2021Architecture

  5. Devoxx Belgium 2019

    Introducing apache kafka

    November 2019Architecture▶ Watch

  6. Devoxx Belgium 2019

    A deep dive into apache kafka - this is event-streaming, not just messaging

    November 2019Architecture▶ Watch

  7. Devoxx Belgium 2019

    Running kafka in kubernetes: a practical guide

    November 2019Cloud, Containers & Infrastructure▶ Watch

  8. Voxxed Days Microservices 2019

    An introduction to apache kafka - this is event streaming, not just messaging

    October 2019Messaging▶ Watch

  9. Voxxed Days Microservices 2019

    Creating event-driven microservices: the why, how and what

    October 2019Microservice Architecture▶ Watch

  10. Devoxx UK 2018

    Istio platform vs spring and microprofile frameworks

    May 2018Architecture▶ Watch

  11. Devoxx UK 2017

    Securing microservices: a practical guide

    May 2017Methodology & Culture

  12. Voxxed Days Bristol 2017

    Panel Discussion Future of cloud tech

    February 2017Cloud, Containers & Infrastructure▶ Watch

  13. Voxxed Days Bristol 2017

    Securing microservices, a practical guide

    February 2017Architecture & Security▶ Watch