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Staff Software Engineer I

Confluent Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Austin, Texas

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and operate large-scale, high-performance infrastructure that powers Confluent Cloud.
• Build foundational software to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency across cloud environments.
• Work on distributed systems challenges such as consensus algorithms, failover strategies, and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with teams across Confluent to optimize and enhance infrastructure for real-time data streaming use cases.
• Troubleshoot and improve system reliability, observability, and performance across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Contribute to open-source projects and leverage open-source technologies to drive business impact.
• Focus on infrastructure domains including storage, networking, compute, and security to support mission-critical data streaming workloads.
• Operate and optimize cloud networking, resource efficiency, and distributed systems at scale.
• Engage in systems operations involving disk, networking, and OS-level optimizations to ensure high availability.
• Work in a fast-paced environment requiring strong problem-solving skills and self-direction.
• Participate in cross-functional collaboration to align infrastructure improvements with business growth and performance goals.
• Apply deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their native services to solve complex infrastructure challenges.
• Utilize statically typed languages such as Java, Scala, C++, or Go to develop robust infrastructure software.
• Maintain and enhance the foundational platform that enables Confluent’s real-time data streaming capabilities.
• Drive improvements in system observability and performance across multi-cloud environments.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant 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

🏖️ Benefits

• Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law
• Belonging is emphasized as the baseline, with support for diverse perspectives and inclusive leadership
• Opportunity to work across time zones and backgrounds
• Access to open-source projects and contribution opportunities
• Integration into IBM’s organization with associated privacy protections and data safeguards

Skills & Technologies

Java

Scala

React

AWS

Azure

Senior

Onsite

Degree Required

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About Confluent Inc.

Confluent Inc. delivers a cloud-native data streaming platform built around Apache Kafka. It provides real-time data pipelines, stream processing, and event-driven architecture tools for enterprises. The company offers managed services, connectors, and analytics to unify data across on-premises and cloud environments. Industries use Confluent to power fraud detection, IoT, logistics, and customer experiences. Founded by Kafka creators, it operates globally with offices in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

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