Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IBM is a technology company that develops AI-powered, cloud-native products and solutions. The Staff Software Engineer will build and manage the Confluent Cloud network data plane, architecting, developing, and operationalizing scalable, reliable systems while leading technical initiatives and troubleshooting complex cloud infrastructure.
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 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
- 8+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
- Experience building and operating large-scale systems
- 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 GCP)
- 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
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- 401(k)
- Cash balance pension plan
- IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial counseling
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Opportunities for performance-based salary incentive programs
- 12 paid holidays
- Minimum 56 hours of sick time
- 120 hours of vacation
- 12 weeks of parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy
- Other Paid Care Leave programs
- Paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on IBM's personalized, AI-driven learning platform
- Industry-recognized certifications
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups
- Giving and volunteer opportunities
- Discounts on retail products, services, and experiences
- Remote work arrangement
- This job can be performed from anywhere in the US
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