engineering
Posted May 6Senior Software Engineer
at Confluent
Portland, United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- - Build foundational software to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency across cloud environments.
- - Collaborate with teams across Confluent to optimize and enhance infrastructure for real-time data streaming use cases.
Requirements
- - Troubleshoot and improve system reliability, observability, and performance across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- experience - Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and networking. -
- Experience in building and operating large-scale, high-availability systems. - Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their services. - Solid grasp of systems operations (disk, networking, OS-level optimizations). - Proficiency in Java, Scala, C++, Go, or other statically typed languages. - A self-starter with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. - BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
Experience
- WHAT YOU WILL BRING: - 4+ years of relevant
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.
- ABOUT THE ROLE: The Infrastructure team at Confluent is responsible for building and operating the foundation that powers Confluent Cloud.
- Our mission is to design scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient infrastructure to support mission-critical data streaming workloads.
- Whether it’s optimizing cloud networking, improving resource efficiency, or scaling distributed systems, our work directly impacts Confluent’s performance, reliability, and business growth.
- We are looking for engineers with a passion for building and operating large-scale distributed systems in the cloud.
- This role provides an opportunity to work on complex infrastructure challenges across multiple domains, including storage, networking, compute, and security.