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Confluent

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+ YOE
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About the role

What You Will Do

  • Driven and excited about challenges of delivering complex projects in production with a focus on quality
  • Customer focused - making customers more successful by taking on their most challenging problems motivates you
  • Have a strong sense of teamwork and able to make decisions which benefit the team and company
  • Identify root causes, and get beyond treating symptoms - motivated to dig deep and solve hard problems

What You Will Bring

  • BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 4+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
  • Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
  • Experience building and operating large-scale systems in the Cloud
  • Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
  • A self starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
  • Proficiency in Java, Scala, C/C++, Go or other statically typed languages

What Gives You an Edge

  • In-depth familiarity with the JVM
  • A strong background in distributed storage systems or databases
  • Experience in the areas of resource management and QoS
  • Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)
  • Interest in evangelism (giving talks at tech conferences, writing blog posts evangelizing Kafka)
  • Experience working on databases or data storage

Skills

JavaScalaC++GoDistributed SystemsCloud InfrastructureJvmAWSAzureGCPKafka

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