Staff Software Engineer II

Confluent • Santa Fe, NM

428d • $253,400 - $253,400

About The Position

The Staff Software Engineer II at Confluent is responsible for architecting and developing high-quality solutions for Kora, a cloud-native event streaming platform for Kafka. This role focuses on building a highly available, reliable, secure, scalable, and multi-tenant compute layer, driving performance tuning and optimization, and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance system performance.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
• Experience building and operating large-scale systems in the Cloud
• Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
• A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, C/C++, Go or other statically typed languages.

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of performance analysis methodologies, tools, and metrics
• Experience with distributed systems, cloud environments, and performance analysis
• Knowledge of Kafka
• In-depth familiarity with the JVM or any other memory management systems
• A strong background in distributed storage systems or databases
• Experience in the areas of resource management and QoS
• Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Interest in evangelism (giving talks at tech conferences, writing blog posts evangelizing Kafka)
• Experience working on databases or data storage.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies to optimize Kafka performance for scalability, resilience, and high availability aligned with organizational goals.
• Conduct analysis and tuning of Confluent Kafka offerings to meet performance requirements under various loads.
• Build tools to measure key performance metrics, providing insights into efficiency and resource utilization.
• Establish monitoring systems for metrics, proactively identifying and resolving performance issues in production.
• Lead and mentor performance engineers, offering guidance and support to ensure platform efficiency across deployments.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Annual estimated salary of $235,800 - $253,400
• Annual bonus
• Competitive equity package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree