Own the Vision & Execution: Define and drive the overall roadmap for the one of the team within Kafka org.
Lead & Mentor: Grow, coach, and nurture a high-performance team of distributed systems engineers.
Drive High-Impact Results: Lead critical technical initiatives focused on reliability, performance, scalability, and multi-tenancy.
Foster Operational Excellence: Champion a strong culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
Collaborate & Influence: Work closely with product management, engineering leadership, and stakeholders across Confluent.

12+ years in software development
4+ years in an engineering management role
Proven, hands-on experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems at scale in a major public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
A track record of leading and nurturing high-performance teams
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.

Senior Manager, Engineering

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