Sales Development Representative, Confluent
Data streaming platform
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Data streaming platform
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
Founded by the team that built Apache Kafka, their mission is to make managing Kafka easy.
Role
Who you are
- 0+ years experience; technical aptitude/curiosity
- Basic knowledge of SDR concepts, practices, procedures, and principles
- Passion for Sales and the desire to grow and excel
- Ability to independently solve problems
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Highly driven, intelligent, motivated and coachable
- Collaborative and team oriented
- Fluent in English
What the job involves
- As a Sales Development Representative, you will be responsible for identifying and qualifying sales opportunities for the Confluent sales team
- This position lays the foundation for a successful high tech sales career
- There is a clear career growth path within Confluent for the right candidate that is willing to learn, work hard, and succeed
- Work with top enterprise and commercial accounts in your assigned territory
- Qualify & convert inbound leads into opportunities for our sales teams
- Direct prospect engagement through a multi-threaded approach that prioritizes calling, as well as utilizing email and LinkedIn communication
- Initial prospect discovery and qualification before passing off to sales
- Join a structured sales training program with clear milestones, and a career progression plan for strong performers
Our take
Confluent is a commercial company built on top of the open-source Apache Kafka project. Confluent and Kafka have developed a streaming data technology that processes massive amounts of information in real-time.
The streaming database technology was developed at LinkedIn as a way of moving massive amounts of messages. The company decided to open-source that tech in 2011, and Confluent launched as the commercial arm in 2014.
While the base open-source component remains available for free download, it doesn’t include the additional tooling the company has built to make it easier for enterprises to use Kafka. Confluent's value add is in those additional tools, including a cloud version of the product and a marketplace for sharing extensions to the platform.
Confluent expanded strategic partnerships with Microsoft and acquired Immerok, and in 2023 expanded its cloud platform. 2024 saw further product expansions with the launch of the Confluent Migration Accelerator, all exemplifying how the company is living up to its name by rocket-boosting the benefits of Apache Kafka integration for companies.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2020
$250m
SERIES E
Jan 2019
$125m
SERIES D
Total funding: $455.9m
Company benefits
- Unlimited Holiday
- Delicious Food on us (twice a week)
- Life Insurance & Income Protection Insurance
Company HQ
Mountain View, California
Leadership
Jay Kreps
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Principal Engineer at LinkedIn.
Neha Narkhede
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Previously a Lead Engineer at LinkedIn and Oracle. They are an Investor/advisor for Gem, Block Party, Material Security, Abacus AI, Cortex Data, Yugabyte, Metaphor Data, Natalist, Common Room, and more.
Jun Rao
(Co-Founder)Previously a Senior Engineer at LinkedIn. Has a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University.
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