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Latest Backend Engineering jobs at Confluent

Staff Software Engineer I

Staff-level engineer building multi-tenant, highly available storage infrastructure for Tableflow, focusing on table materialization, compaction, and background maintenance at massive scale.

261k – 307kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringRemote7+ YOEAWSGCP

Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will advance the Tableflow project by developing and maintaining multi-tenant, highly available compute infrastructure and core components for table materialization and background maintenance at scale. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate storage features and infrastructure.

182k – 246kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringRemote5+ YOEAWSGCP

Senior Software Engineer II

Senior backend engineer owning design and delivery of cloud-native, multi-tenant Stream Governance services for Confluent's data streaming platform. Requires 7+ years experience building scalable distributed systems in public clouds with strong technical leadership skills.

197k – 232kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringRemote7+ YOEGoC++

Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute

Builds highly available, scalable, multi-tenant compute layer for Kora, Confluent's cloud-native event streaming platform. Requires 4+ years in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems expertise, and proficiency in Java, Scala, C/C++, or Go.

219k – 257kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringRemote4+ YOEGoC++

Senior Software Engineer II

Leads design and delivery of cloud-native backend services for Stream Governance in Confluent's data streaming platform, ensuring scalability, security, and high availability across clouds. Requires 5+ years backend experience, distributed systems expertise, cloud proficiency, and technical leadership skills.

197k – 232kRaleigh, NC +3Backend EngineeringRemote5+ YOEGoC++

Senior Software Engineer II

Leads design, implementation, and operation of large-scale distributed backend services for a data streaming platform. Requires 5+ years experience in backend development, cloud-native technologies, and technical leadership.

197k – 232kSeattle, WA +1Backend EngineeringRemote5+ YOEGoC++

Staff Software Engineer - Flink Control Plane

Develops Flink control plane services for job lifecycle orchestration, Kubernetes operators for serverless management, and APIs for multi-tenancy. Requires 10+ years experience in distributed systems, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure.

236k – 277kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringRemote10+ YOEOperatorsKubernetes