# Staff Software Engineer - Flink Control Plane

**Company:** [Confluent](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/confluent)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $236k – $277k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Apache Flink, Distributed Systems, Control Plane, API Design, Containerization, Serverless, Cloud-Native Infrastructure, Operators, Orchestrators
**Posted:** 2026-01-15

> 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.

## Job Description

## What You Will Do
- Develop control plane services orchestrating Flink job lifecycles (submission, scaling, recovery); build Kubernetes operators and orchestrators for serverless resource management; design APIs for job management, multi-tenancy, and isolation.
- Ensure code quality, test coverage, documentation, and maintainability.
- Design components, discuss designs, and moderate decisions with stakeholders.
- Maintain team processes, lead meetings, take initiatives, and participate in on-call rotations.
- Mentor engineers in control plane architecture and serverless Apache Flink.

## What You Will Bring
- 10+ years of relevant software development experience.
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems orchestration (Kubernetes, control loops); experience with high-scale control planes, API servers, cloud-native infrastructure; containerization, networking, resource isolation.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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