engineering
Posted 2 weeks agoSenior Software Engineer II
at Confluent
Hybrid
Requirements
- About Product & Team: Kafka Connect is the foundational streaming integration framework for Apache Kafka.
- It enables reliable, scalable data movement between Kafka and the broader ecosystem of databases, cloud services, and storage systems.
- What You’ll Do: - Design, build, and operationalize high-performance, scalable, and resilient distributed systems for the Kafka Connect platform.
- - Solve complex challenges in the stream processing space using cloud and on-premises resources to improve the performance, scalability, and elasticity of Kafka Connectors.
- experience in backend engineering. - Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development -
- Experience in building and operating large-scale production services in public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP). - Solid understanding of relational or non-relational database systems and systems operations (networking, operating systems, etc.). - Proficiency in Java, Go, or C/C++, and
- experience with Kubernetes and Terraform. - Understanding of systems operations (databases, networking, operating systems). - A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in a team and excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Who you are: - Empathetic and collaborative team player. - Strong sense of ownership and commitment to team and company success. - Self-starter driven by the challenges of a fast-paced software environment.
- Experience in open-source development. -
Additional details
- We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it.
- Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.
- It takes a certain kind of person to join this team.
- Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other.
- Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together. One Confluent. One Team.
- Designed for mission-critical production environments, this highly configurable system provides a distributed and fault-tolerant architecture that supports high-volume data pipelines across hybrid and cloud-native deployments.
- As a strategic core of the Confluent Cloud platform, our team builds the extensible engine that transforms and routes data streams at scale, powering the infrastructure that our customers rely on for their most critical data workflows.
- - Independently own the end-to-end execution of complex technical projects, ensuring high-quality delivery in production.
- - Engage with the Open Source community to provide technical guidance and thought leadership.
- - Promote a culture of engineering excellence through clear communication, high-quality execution, and effective collaboration.