Senior Software Engineer II - Confluent

With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day - we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day. One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform. Data Connects Us. **About the Role:** Confluent Cloud needs a reliable, highly-available, scalable, fast, extensible, cost effective, easy-to-use self-serve metadata platform, which provides the semantics and features services can rely on for fast, high-quality feature development with low operational overhead. We are a team of passionate engineers who love solving complex distributed system problems. We are building a green field metadata platform for clients who demand high levels of availability and performance at the lowest cost of ownership. In this role, you will be working on building a highly available, reliable, secure, scalable, and multi-tenant metadata platform that powers Confluent cloud products like Flink. You will be instrumental in driving the technical solutions end-to-end, working closely with the team and key stakeholders to design, architect, and develop top-notch solutions. **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/distributed systems experience + Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development + Experience building and operating large-scale systems in the Cloud + A self starter with the ability to work effectively in teams + Proficiency in Go, Java or other statically typed languages **What Gives You an Edge:** + Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP) + Experience/knowledge with public cloud databases (AWS DynamoDb, Azure Cosmos DB, GCP Spanner) + Experience/knowledge with Kafka **Come As You Are** At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law. At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. This position has an annual estimated salary of $155,900 - $183,240 an annual bonus, and a competitive equity package. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE (https://confluentbenefits.com/) . Click HERE to review our Candidate Privacy Notice which describes how and when Confluent, Inc., and its group companies, collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of California job applicants and prospective employees. \#LI-Remote