[Remote] [Confluent] Senior Software Engineer II - Stream Processing & Analytics

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IBM Software develops AI-powered, cloud-native products, and its Confluent Stream Processing & Analytics team builds an elastic, reliable, and performant Apache Flink-based stream processing engine for Confluent Cloud. The Senior Software Engineer II will develop user-defined functions, design cloud infrastructure and user-facing interfaces, collaborate with the Apache Flink community, and maintain high-scale production services.

Responsibilities

• Work on Flink user-defined functions to provide a great experience for customers with sophisticated use-cases
• Play a crucial role in designing, developing and operationalizing critical user-facing interfaces as well as the backing cloud infrastructure
• Collaborate with the Apache Flink community to establish standards and improve open source foundations
• Independently drive execution of software projects to deliver complex projects in production with a focus on quality
• Evaluate and enhance the efficiency of our platform's technology stack, keeping pace with industry trends and adopting state-of-the-art solutions
• As a vital member of our team, take responsibility for developing, managing, and maintaining a mission-critical service with a 99.99 SLA running on 88+ AWS, GCP, and Azure regions
• Enhance the stability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence across multiple critical systems

Skills

• • BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• • 4+ years of relevant stream processing experience
• • Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
• • Experience running production services in the cloud and being part of oncall rotation
• • A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
• • Proficiency in Java, and comfortable working with Go and Python
• Master's Degree
• • A strong background in distributed storage systems or databases
• • Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Kubernetes operators
• • Contributions to open-source projects, especially in Flink or the stream processing area

Company Overview

IBM provides technology and consulting, including software, infrastructure systems, and cloud-based solutions. It was founded in 1911, and is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.ibm.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

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