Confluent
Senior Software Engineer II
Remote Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedMar 2, 2026
Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalSenior
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
India
Role overview
Senior Software Engineer II
Requirements and responsibilities
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- What You Will DoBuild 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.Drive operational excellence: Ensure the operational readiness of our services and consistently meet availability and performance SLA commitments to our customers.Innovate & improve: Act as a strategic engineer who constantly identifies and implements architectural, process, and operational improvements.
- 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.
- Drive operational excellence: Ensure the operational readiness of our services and consistently meet availability and performance SLA commitments to our customers.
- Innovate & improve: Act as a strategic engineer who constantly identifies and implements architectural, process, and operational improvements.
- 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.
- Drive operational excellence: Ensure the operational readiness of our services and consistently meet availability and performance SLA commitments to our customers.
- Innovate & improve: Act as a strategic engineer who constantly identifies and implements architectural, process, and operational improvements.
What You Will Bring:
- 8+ years industry experience designing, building, scaling and supporting backend systems in production with a solid grasp on good software engineering practices such as code reviews, deep focus on quality, and documentation.
- Strong programming and algorithmic skills. Proficiency in a major programming language, e.g. Java, Go, C / C++, Python, etc.
- Experience configuring and deploying distributed systems and microservices using modern tools, e.g. Kubernetes, Helm, etc.
- Strong focus on project delivery and communication skills.
- Experience in driving operational excellence for large, production services.
- A strong sense of customer centricity, teamwork, technical leadership and mentorship and are excited about team and company success.
- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
What Gives You an Edge:
- Proven track record of delivering large-scale, highly available, low latency, high quality systems.
- Hands-on technical expertise in large scale systems engineering or distributed systems.
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