Software Engineer, Confluent

• 1+ years of relevant software engineering experience
• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
• A drive to improve services through prioritization of non-functional requirements
• A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
• Proficiency in Go, C/C++, or other statically typed languages
• Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)

Desirable

• Our team focuses on adding reliability to Confluent Cloud by providing tools that help with the scalability of our systems and processes
• Our responsibilities cut across the engineering organization where we gain knowledge in both breadth and depth of the inner workings
• Our goal is to help teams spend time building features for our customers rather than in manual processes or operational toil
• We build and partner in managing the critical infrastructure they need to make their services available, durable, and efficient
• We are passionate about reducing downtime, incidents, and manual toil
• Develop and maintain tools that improve the scalability and reliability of Confluent Cloud
• Collaborate across the organization to understand and address engineering-wide challenges
• Drive initiatives to reduce manual intervention, operational toil, and the potential for downtime or incidents
• Partner with other engineering teams to drive the adoption of tooling that helps manage their services with high availability, durability, and efficiency