Staff Software Engineer I – Confluent Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Take the technical lead in advancing the Confluent Platform, with a strong focus on USM, hybrid-first management, and operational capabilities across the platform.

• Collaborate closely with product management, engineering leadership, and cross-organizational stakeholders (including Confluent Cloud) to shape and implement the CP roadmap.

• Serve as a prominent external technical representative for the Confluent Platform throughout the organization.

• Advocate for domain health, operational standards, and platform reliability; elevate quality through design and code reviews.

• Direct the architecture and design of large, intricate systems that encompass distributed systems, Kubernetes, security, and observability.

• Mentor and develop senior engineers and technical leads by offering hands-on guidance and career development support.

• Represent and enhance engineering leadership in India, establishing benchmarks for execution, communication, and engineering excellence.

• Create and refine processes that empower teams to function at scale without compromising quality or speed.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of hands-on software development experience, demonstrating a strong ability to foresee future technical requirements and act accordingly.

• A proven history of transforming ideas from conception to production in complex, high-scale systems.

• A readiness to engage directly—designing, coding, debugging, and maintaining critical systems.

• Extensive experience in building and managing large-scale distributed systems, with a solid foundation in OS, networking, storage, and cloud infrastructure.

• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, concurrency, and multi-threaded programming.

• A proactive, self-motivated approach with excellent problem-solving abilities, focusing on identifying root causes and implementing sustainable solutions.

• Capability to balance immediate execution with long-term architectural integrity; able to ship incremental updates and iterate with urgency.

• Strong influencing skills—able to guide technical decisions across teams and senior leadership through clear, data-driven communication.

• Experience managing high-severity production incidents, including on-call responsibilities, in-depth debugging, and resolution under pressure.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Belonging isn’t just a perk here; it’s the foundation of our culture.

• We collaborate across various time zones and backgrounds, understanding that the best ideas arise from diverse perspectives.

• We create opportunities for everyone to lead, grow, and push the boundaries of what’s possible.

• We take pride in being an equal opportunity employer.