Engineering Manager, Confluent

• 10+ years of experience in software development and 2+ years in management
• Experience in building and designing resilient systems at scale using hyperscale CSPs (AWS, Azure, GCP), with a proven track record of “seeing around corners” to reduce complexity and create critical enduring technical foundations
• Demonstrated expertise in designing, building, and scaling APIs and programmatic interfaces (CLI, SDK, Terraform)
• Understanding API governance frameworks and best practices for ensuring API consistency, security, and reliability
• Ability to influence the team, peers, and upper management using effective communication and collaborative techniques
• Ability to hire while ensuring a high hiring bar, motivate engineers, coach/mentor, and manage performance
• An excellent track record of timely shipping features, a sense of urgency, an aggressive mindset toward achieving results, and excellent prioritization skills
• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Desirable

• We seek an engineering leader to lead a high-performing and dynamic team responsible for building, maintaining, and scaling APIs as well as critical programmatic interfaces, like CLI and Terraform, for our company's products
• The team is dedicated to empowering our customers and developer community through these tools and fostering strong community engagement with contributions and overall user experience
• As Confluent grows its product portfolio, these programmatic interfaces will become increasingly vital in attracting and retaining the company's developer-centric customer base, driving product adoption, and fueling overall company growth
• Your leadership will be critical to delivering governance for APIs, ensuring world-class quality and consistency across all interfaces
• You will guide the team in significantly contributing to source-available CLI and Terraform projects, effectively prioritizing tasks to align with company goals
• Your leadership will foster a collaborative environment, drive innovation, and maintain high development and management standards
• Lead the strategic vision and execution of essential programmatic interfaces, ensuring the delivery of superior APIs and interfaces for Confluent products that meet global standards
• Collaborate with product management, design, and other engineering teams to define product roadmap and technical strategy
• Deliver high impact to the business by driving product adoption and ensuring our programmatic interfaces are aligned with developer needs and preferences
• Establish and maintain a robust governance framework for delivering world-class public APIs across the product portfolio
• Foster a strong community around our open-sourced tools, actively engaging with developers to prioritize feature requests, bug fixes, and contributions
• Work with engineering teams and products on critical aspects of product definition, architectural design, and delivery
• Influence the overall domain health and operational hygiene for the Cloud Platform
• Champion engineering excellence through process improvement and technical leadership
• Measure and analyze team and product performance to identify opportunities for improvement