Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IBM Software develops AI-powered, cloud-native products that help organizations transform their businesses. Confluent is seeking a Staff Software Engineer II to build and manage the networking fabric and data plane platform for Confluent Cloud. The role focuses on architecting scalable distributed systems, leading technical initiatives and engineering teams, contributing to open source, and improving operations across major cloud platforms.
Responsibilities
- Build the software underpinning the mission-critical Confluent Cloud network data plane platform. You will play a crucial role in architecting, designing, developing and operationalizing high performance, scalable, reliable and resilient systems
- Deliver high impact to the business by driving important technical initiatives in areas comprising (but not limited to) networking, cloud infrastructure, and multi-tenancy
- Independently drive execution of software projects as well as technically lead a team of engineers to deliver impact in production with a focus on quality
- Build upon open source software and engage with the upstream community to deliver business impact
- Troubleshoot issues and improve ops for complex technical stack that spans all the 3 clouds and includes microservices, containers, and virtualization
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree
- 10+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
- Experience building and operating large-scale systems
- Experience leading a team of engineers and working cross-team to deliver complex infrastructure projects
- Solid understanding of basic systems operations (storage, network, operating systems, etc.)
- Proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or other statically typed languages
- Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
- Experience building and managing Layer 7 proxies, especially cloud-native proxies such as Envoy
- Master's Degree
- Open source contributions to CNCF projects
- Experience with Kubernetes Networking
- Strong networking background combined with your software engineering experience
- Education in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
Benefits
- Eligible employees may have access to healthcare benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health and well-being coverage.
- Financial programs such as a 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance-based salary incentive programs.
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, a minimum of 56 hours of sick time, 120 hours of vacation, 12 weeks of parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs.
- Paid family leave benefits for eligible employees where required by applicable law.
- Training and educational resources on IBM's personalized, AI-driven learning platform, including opportunities to obtain industry-recognized certifications.
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving and volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services, and experiences.
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