Senior Software Engineer II

Requirements:

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
• Experience building and operating large-scale systems
• Solid understanding of basic systems operations (storage, network, operating systems, etc.)
• Proficiency in Go, Python, C++, or other statically typed languages
• Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

What You Will Be Doing:

• Build large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on building and managing network data planes for containerized workloads in the cloud
• Optimize network data plane performance, scale and cost
• Focus on the performance, security, reliability, and cost optimizations for all traffic that ingresses and egresses a customer's Kafka cluster on Confluent Cloud

Nice to Haves:

Perks and Benefits:

• Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives.
• We make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.
• We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
• 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.