# Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute
**Company:** [Confluent](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/confluent)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $219K-$257K
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Java, Scala, C++, Go, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Jvm, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kafka
**Posted:** 2026-05-04
> 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.
## Job Description
## 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
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