Confluent is a company focused on transforming data movement and utilization. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the development of their cloud-native compute platform, which involves managing workloads across multiple Kubernetes clusters and ensuring operational excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Drive the overall technical charter for the Compute Platform, including multi-cluster orchestration, workload placement, and security architecture
- Design and implement platform APIs and Kubernetes operators using Go to support evolving workload requirements
- Work closely with product management and engineering leadership to build and drive the roadmap for Confluent's Compute Platform, enabling new business opportunities across Confluent
- Deliver high-impact initiatives in areas such as workload scheduling, disruption management, network isolation, rolling update strategies, and cross-cluster resource management
- Lead technical design reviews and drive architectural decisions across organizational boundaries
- Mentor and grow other engineers on the team through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance
- Own operational aspects including availability, reliability, performance monitoring, emergency response, and disaster recovery for our global compute infrastructure
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience delivering scalable software solutions
- Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, highly available, low-latency systems
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes including controller development, operator patterns, and multi-cluster architectures
- Strong proficiency in Go with experience building production-grade distributed systems
- Experience with multi-tenant platform architectures and security isolation patterns
- Familiarity with gRPC, Protobuf, and API design for internal platform services
- Experience with observability tools and operational excellence practices
- Experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-provider integrations
- Track record of providing technical leadership and mentorship
- Track record of working collaboratively across teams including product management, SRE, and other engineering teams
- A smart, humble, and empathetic attitude with a strong sense of teamwork
- Drive and excitement about the challenges of a fast-paced, innovative software environment