We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role:

As a Software Engineer, Cloud Control Plane, you will be designing and implementing a distributed control plane used by product teams to manage the lifecycle of their Confluent Cloud offerings.

We are a tightly knit group with a fairly mature Agile process running a very mild version of the XP playbook - we care a lot about clear communication, a good degree of task breakdown and a whole lot of pairing with other engineers. We pride ourselves in how we get stuff done - our process is light on red tape and heavy on collaboration - we will give you the authority and autonomy to make decisions.

What You Will Do:

Delve deep into the Kubernetes framework - we have K8S contributors working with us internally
Provision infrastructure using a mixture of Terraform and internal tooling and deploy your changes using Helm
Thrive working iteratively in a fast-paced Scrum environment where you'll use our product and be very much DevOps driven
You'll be expected to not only ship code but also operate and support it before and after release - that includes having a deep understanding of what your code will run on

What You Will Bring:

Strong software design and implementation skills in building infrastructure frameworks
Deep expertise in building distributed systems
Experience with one or more of these programming languages - Go, C++, Java, or Python
Experience in a full project lifecycle starting from zero lines of code to operating, observing and supporting a product as part of an on-call rota
Solid understanding of Kubernetes and Docker

What Gives You an Edge:

Experience in building control planes (virtualization, software-defined networking/storage)
Experience building APIs - both RESTful and gRPC-based
Familiarity with infra such as networking, storage, and security in data centres
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes operators, Helm, or StatefulSets
Open source contributions to Kubernetes sigs or adjacent projects
Experience with PBT, TDD, and pair programming.

Ready to build what's next? Let’s get in motion.

Come As You Are

Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on 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 law.

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