Senior Software Engineer II

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. - What You Will Do - Build mission-critical infrastructure: Design, develop, and operationalize high-performance, scalable, and resilient backend services that form the core of the Connect Cloud Platform. - Develop the execution engine: Build the orchestration, auto-scaling, and lifecycle management systems required to reliably run thousands of distributed Kafka Connect workloads in a multi-tenant cloud environment. - Ensure robust isolation & security: Solve complex distributed systems challenges to ensure strict resource isolation, security, and performance guarantees for diverse workloads running on our shared platform. - Troubleshoot & debug: Dive deep into a complex technical stack that includes microservices, Kubernetes, containers, and virtualization to resolve critical issues. - Dr...