Director of Engineering II, Governance

Confluent is a company focused on transforming how data moves and is utilized. They are seeking an engineering leader to build a data governance platform that enhances the management and discoverability of real-time data, while ensuring the reliability and security of their systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a highly productive, global team of software engineers and engineering leaders
• Drive the long-term direction and strategy of Governance in Confluent, while partnering with internal stakeholders to drive the team’s mission forward
• Create competitive advantages for Confluent by driving technical innovation in governance and adjacent technologies
• Drive improvements in schema management, and enforcement including enabling a shift from thick to thin clients
• Continue a strong growth trajectory by hiring top tier engineers, and establish quality standards, design principles, and operational maturity for the team

Requirements:

• 10+ years of second-level engineering management experience leading productive, high-functioning teams
• Maintain a high hiring bar while recruiting, motivating engineers, coaching/mentoring, and managing performance
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
• A great track record of shipping features and hitting deadlines consistently
• Sense of urgency, an aggressive mindset towards achieving results, and excellent prioritization skills
• Able to anticipate future technical needs for the product and craft plans to realize them, guided by our customers
• A sense of vision and strategy to see around corners and set our customers up for long term success through technical and product innovation over multiple years
• Ability to influence the team, peers, and upper management using effective communication and collaborative techniques. Focus on building and maintaining a culture of collaboration within the team
• Preferred experience running production services in public clouds