Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IBM develops AI-powered, cloud-native software and hybrid cloud solutions for businesses and society. The Staff Software Engineer II will build and operate Confluent Cloud’s mission-critical network data plane platform, leading technical initiatives across cloud networking, infrastructure, and multi-tenancy. The role also involves independently delivering software projects, technically leading engineers, contributing to open source, and troubleshooting complex multi-cloud systems.
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 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
- Remote work arrangement; this job can be performed from anywhere in the US
- 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 sick time
- 120 hours vacation
- 12 weeks 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 & experiences
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