Confluent · 19 hours ago
Distributed Systems Software Engineer - WarpStream
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$231K/yr - $271K/yr
10+ years expConfluent is a company that is transforming how data moves and enabling real-time data streaming. They are seeking a Senior Engineer for their WarpStream team, responsible for building and maintaining a data streaming platform that operates across different cloud service providers. The role involves driving complex technical projects, architecting backend services, and ensuring operational readiness of services.
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Responsibilities
Independently drive execution of complex technical projects end to end
Build mission-critical backend services that deliver value to our customers. You will play a crucial role in architecting, designing, developing and operationalizing high performance, scalable, reliable and resilient services
Troubleshoot and debug technical issues inside a deep and complex technical stack that includes microservices, containers, and virtualization
Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the availability and performance SLA commitments to our customers
Qualification
Required
10+ years industry experience designing, building, scaling and supporting backend systems in production with a solid grasp on good software engineering practices such as code reviews, deep focus on quality, and documentation
Strong programming and algorithmic skills. Proficiency in a major programming language, e.g. Java, Go, C / C++, Python, etc
Deep curiosity and enthusiasm for distributed systems and storage systems
Strong focus on project delivery and communication skills
Experience in driving operational excellence for large production services
A strong sense of customer centricity, teamwork, technical leadership and mentorship and are excited about team and company success
Preferred
Proven track record of delivering large-scale, highly available, high quality systems
Hands-on technical expertise in large scale systems engineering or distributed systems
On-call experience handling critical systems
Company
Confluent
Confluent offers a streaming platform based on Apache Kafka that enables companies to easily access data as real-time streams.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$459.6MKey Investors
CoatueSequoia CapitalIndex Ventures
2025-12-08Acquired
2021-06-24IPO
2021-06-10Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Jun Rao
Co-founder
Chad Verbowski
CTO
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