Senior Software Engineer II

With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.

One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform.

Data Connects Us.

About The Role

We are looking for a seasoned engineer to join our developer tooling experience. In this role, you will bring the vision of transforming our developer experience for Confluent Cloud customers to life by solving complex challenges at scale. As an engineer in developer tooling experience, you will work closely with Frontend engineering and other Backend engineering teams and other key stakeholders to design, architect, and build out client-side libraries and services powering the Confluent Cloud to enable delivery of new business opportunities as we are building the next generation Data Streaming Platform. You will help drive end-to-end technical delivery from design through testing to deployment in Production in a fast-paced development cycle. You are not confined to the status quo and you leverage your expertise in Cloud-native, large-scale distributed systems to help deliver our industry leading platform.

What You Will Do

• Own and operate the overall Software Development Lifecycle -- including, but not limited to design, coding, testing, infrastructure, security, operations, etc.
• Collaborate across engineering and other key stakeholders to build and drive the overall roadmap for developer tooling experience.
• Deliver high impact to the business by planning and executing on important technical initiatives in areas comprising (but not limited to) visualization, data analysis, developer tooling, SDKs, platforms/frameworks, architectural direction, and major component refactor across organizational boundaries.
  
  

What You Will Bring

• Minimum of 5 years of software development
• Technical experience in large scale systems engineering or distributed systems
• Experience in Cloud Native technology including networking & security
• Experience in multiple programming Languages and IDEs (java, go, python, etc.)
• Experience running production services in cloud
• Ability to influence the team, peers, and direct management using effective communication and collaborative techniques
• Familiarity with interviewing to ensure a high technical hiring bar and experience mentoring junior talent.
• A track record of removing friction, identifying critical changes needed, an active mindset towards achieving results, and excellent prioritization skills
• BS Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience. An advanced degree in computer science is preferred
  
  

Come As You Are

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