Sr. Software Engineer II - Cloud Platform

Confluent; Toronto; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data streaming platform company is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to design and manage cloud infrastructure services. The role requires strong programming skills, hands-on Kubernetes experience, and a solid understanding of systems internals. The successful candidate will work collaboratively across teams, ensuring scalable and reliable cloud operations. This position is remote and open to applications from various regions.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Go, Java, or Python.
• Experience running Kubernetes in production environments.
• Solid understanding of systems internals.

Responsibilities

• Design and build infrastructure services.
• Own systems for cloud infrastructure management.
• Collaborate with engineers for deployment best practices.

Skills

Strong programming skills (Go, Java, Python)

Hands-on Kubernetes experience

Experience with public cloud providers

Automation and reproducibility mindset

Collaboration skills

Problem-solving abilities

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Location: Remote, British Columbia, Canada

Employment Type: FullTime

Location Type: Remote

Department Engineering

Overview

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.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role

The Confluent Cloud Platform based on Apache Kafka is the leading Cloud Native Platform as a Service for streaming data infrastructure, but this is just the beginning. We are building a PaaS, enabling customers around the globe to deliver streaming applications.

What You Will Do

• Design, build, and evolve internal infrastructure services written in Go, often as Kubernetes operators, that power the core platform behind Confluent Cloud
• Own the systems that make cloud infrastructure secure, scalable, observable, and reliable, using GitOps, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, and a strong foundation in Linux, networking, and public cloud
• Collaborate with engineers across Confluent to enable fast, safe, and autonomous deployment of services through shared platform tooling and best practices
• Take shared responsibility for the full lifecycle of our infrastructure: availability, performance, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning
• Work on systems at scale, across tens of thousands of instances and multiple regions, with a focus on smooth, fast, and safe operations
• Influence the architecture and operational strategy behind the critical infrastructure that supports all of Confluent’s cloud services
• Participate in an 8-hour, follow-the-sun on-call rotation.

What You Will Bring

• Strong programming skills, with a focus on reading, debugging, and evolving existing code in languages like Go, Java, or Python
• Solid understanding of systems internals, including filesystems, memory management, network stacks, and kernel behavior
• Hands-on experience running Kubernetes in production, and a deep understanding of containers and modern cloud-native workflows
• Demonstrated experience with at least one major public cloud provider such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• A strong bias for automation and reproducibility; comfortable working with Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools
• Confidence in diagnosing complex systems, handling incidents, and driving continuous improvements to reliability
• A genuine interest in how large-scale systems behave in the real world, and a drive to make them better every day
• Exceptional teamwork, collaboration skills, and the ability to work independently as part of a globally distributed team
• Solid written and verbal communication skills coupled with strong motivation to help others

What Gives You an Edge

• Experience working on developer productivity tooling
• Experience with EKS, GKE or AKS specific Kubernetes distributions

Ready to build what’s next? Let’s get in motion.

Come As You Are

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. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.