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:

We are seeking an engineer to join our Developer Productivity team. In this role, you will contribute to our vision to revolutionize our developer experience for the entire engineering team by creating comprehensive systems, automated tools and extensible frameworks that facilitate the entire software development and release lifecycle. You will work closely with all engineering teams and other key stakeholders to build out our secure, multi-tenant tools and services that enable delivery of new business opportunities across Confluent Cloud and Platform, including Connect, kSQL/Flink, Kafka and more. You are not confined to the status quo and can leverage your expertise in cloud-native, large-scale distributed systems to help take our platform to industry leading.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Design and implement source code repository management tools, build automation, artifact management, containerization solutions, and other foundational services for all Confluent products.

• Buildout and manage the CI/CD services and end-to-end pipelines for both our cloud and on-premise platforms.

• Identify and solve inefficiencies in our services and tools to improve engineering productivity while automating everything.

• You, and the rest of the team, will be responsible for the availability, performance, monitoring, and incident response of the Developer Productivity infrastructure.

• Partner across the engineering team and other key stakeholders to build solutions and drive towards the overall roadmap for Developer Productivity.

• Define standardized practices to champion a great engineering culture across the company.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

• Minimum 2+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure and services experience

• Experience developing in a scripting language (e.g. Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)

• Working knowledge of source control management systems such as Git.

• Experience with build frameworks (e.g. Maven, Gradle, Bazel, etc.)

• Experience in automating releases, continuous integration/continuous deployment systems, and relevant tools (e.g. Jenkins, Semaphore CI, etc.)

WHAT GIVES YOU AN EDGE:

• Experience with configuration management systems, infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, and secrets management (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Packer, Terraform, Consul, Vault, etc.)

• Experience building and operating large-scale systems with cloud computing platforms (e.g. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)

• Working knowledge of databases, caching, and messaging systems (MySql, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Voldemort, Kafka, etc.)

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.