About this role

Independently drive the design and execution of complex projects end to end
Contribute to the advancement of the Kafka control plane systems and services
Work with customers to understand their requirement and making them successful
Represents the team in cross-functional design/architecture meetings
Provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers
Collaborate with other engineers and make decision which benefits Apache Kafka and Confluent

BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
2+ years of relevant experience in distributed systems, query and stream processing
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
Experience building and operating highly scalable and performant systems
Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
A self starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
Proficiency in Java, Scala or other statically typed languages
A strong background in distributed storage systems or databases
Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)

Senior Software Engineer

Key skills