Staff Software Engineer: Cloud Networking & Data Plane

IBM; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in the United Kingdom is seeking a staff‑level technical leader to architect and drive the Confluent Cloud network data plane, delivering scalable, cost‑efficient solutions. This hybrid engineering role blends deep software development with hands‑on operations to scale our platform.

You will collaborate across engineering, security, product, and platform teams to build measurable impact, improve reliability, and enable product teams to integrate networking seamlessly while

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Extensive experience of the software engineering industry experience.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
• Experience in building and operating large-scale systems.
• Solid understanding of networking primitives and protocols.
• Self‑starter with the ability to work effectively in teams.
• Proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or other programming languages

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operationalize high-performance, scalable, reliable, and resilient systems for the Confluent Cloud network data plane platform.
• Independently drive the execution of ambiguously scoped cross-team software projects, ensuring the delivery of complex projects in production with a focus on quality.
• Leverage cloud providers to deliver impactful business solutions.
• Troubleshoot and improve operations for a complex technical stack that spans across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including microservices, containers, and virtualization.

Skills

Self‑starter

Team collaboration

Distributed systems

Large-scale systems

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Network proxies

Load balancers

Public clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

IBM Software in the United Kingdom is seeking a staff‑level technical leader to architect and drive the Confluent Cloud network data plane, delivering scalable, cost‑efficient solutions. This hybrid engineering role blends deep software development with hands‑on operations to scale our platform.

You will collaborate across engineering, security, product, and platform teams to build measurable impact, improve reliability, and enable product teams to integrate networking seamlessly while