Senior Software Engineer - Confluent Cloud Traffic

To realize Confluent’s enormous potential, we are looking for software engineers, at various levels, to grow our Traffic team which is responsible for building and managing the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. Cloud networking is a strategic investment area for Confluent with the potential to impact the company’s top and bottom line. The data plane area in the Traffic team focuses on the performance, security, reliability, and cost optimizations for all traffic that ingresses and egresses a customer’s Kafka cluster on Confluent Cloud.

We are looking for someone with an interest in building large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on building and managing network data planes for containerized workloads in the cloud. The ideal candidate would be passionate about network data plane performance, scale, cost optimizations, and building robust software.

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Build the software underpinning the mission-critical Confluent Cloud network data plane platform. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing and operationalizing high performance, scalable, reliable and resilient systems.

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Independently drive execution of software projects to deliver complex projects in production with a focus on quality., 2+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience

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Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)

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Practical experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies

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Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development

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Experience building and operating large-scale systems

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Solid understanding at a systems level (disk, network, operating systems, etc)

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Proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or other statically typed languages

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A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams

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BS, MS in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

Preferred technical and professional experience

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5+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience

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A Strong networking background combined with your software engineering experience

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