Senior Software Developer, Confluent

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 2-4 years of relevant stream processing experience
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
• Experience running production services in the cloud and being part of oncall rotation
• A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
• Proficiency in Java, and comfortable working with Go and Python

Desirable

• The Stream Processing & Analytics (SPA) team is building an elastic, reliable, durable, cost-effective, and performant stream processing engine based on Apache Flink for Confluent Cloud
• This role is critical for enabling our customers to build custom functions and apps in Confluent Cloud, extending the stream processing engine to meet the specific needs of their use-cases no matter how complex
• You will champion a best-in-class SDLC for users who prefer Java or Python over SQL and want to leverage the power of managed stream processing on Confluent Cloud without sacrificing best-practices from their typical workflows
• Work on Flink user-defined functions and Table API to provide a great experience for customers with sophisticated use-cases
• Play a crucial role in designing, developing and operationalizing critical user-facing interfaces as well as the backing cloud infrastructure
• Collaborate with the Apache Flink community to establish standards and improve open source foundations
• Produce clean, well-documented, and maintainable code that adheres to established team standards and security best practices
• Deliver value for customers by taking on their most challenging problems
• As a vital member of our team, take responsibility for developing, managing, and maintaining a mission-critical service with a 99.99 SLA running on 88+ AWS, GCP, and Azure regions
• Enhance the stability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence across multiple critical systems