[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute @Confluent

Role Description

We are a team of passionate engineers who love solving complex distributed systems and infrastructure problems. We are building Kora from the ground up to be a true managed service for clients who demand high levels of availability and performance at the lowest cost of ownership. In this role, you will be working on building highly available, reliable, secure, scalable, and multi-tenant Kora's compute layer. You will be instrumental in driving the technical solutions end-to-end, working closely with the team and key stakeholders to design, architect, and develop top-notch solutions.

• Kora: A Cloud-Native Event Streaming Platform For Kafka
• Apache Kafka's Next-Gen Rebalance Protocol: Towards More Stable and Scalable Consumer Groups
• From On-Prem to Cloud-Native: Multi-Tenancy in Confluent Cloud
• Speed, Scale, Storage: Our Journey from Apache Kafka to Performance in Confluent Cloud
• Benchmarking Confluent Cloud

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ 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

Requirements

• Driven and excited about challenges of delivering complex projects in production with a focus on quality
• Customer focused - making customers more successful by taking on their most challenging problems motivates you
• Have a strong sense of teamwork and able to make decisions which benefit the team and company
• Identify root causes, and get beyond treating symptoms - motivated to dig deep and solve hard problems

Benefits

• 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.
• We make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.