Confluent - Senior Software Engineer - Kafka

Introduction
At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape. Here, you’ll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.
Your Role And Responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer on the team, you will focus on advancing key layers of the Realtime Context Engine project, including its multi-tenant, highly available compute infrastructure, and the core components responsible for query execution and background materialization. You will tackle challenges such as developing strategies for efficient execution and at massive scale across all of Confluent Cloud, ensuring high availability and scalability.
What You Will Do
Query Engine Development: Design and implement innovative strategies for query execution, planning, and caching at massive scale.
Platform Engineering: Build and maintain multi-tenant, highly available infrastructure that powers computational tasks for Lightning tables and the realtime context engine. Ensure that the platform is optimized for scalability, reliability, and resilience, in alignment with organizational objectives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product management, design, and other engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of storage features and infrastructure with the broader organization.
Preferred Education
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
Expertise in C++ and/or Rust
3-5 years of demonstrated professional work experience building database technologies
Experience in building and operating large-scale database systems
Distributed Systems domain experience
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders at all levels.
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
Familiarity with or has experience contributing to the following open-source technologies: Apache Iceberg, Velox, Substrait
Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)
Computer Science Degree with Specialization in Database Technologies

Work arrangement
Yes