[Confluent] Senior Software Engineer II - Kafka

IBM; Armonk (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM in Armonk seeks a senior engineer to design and develop the compute layer of Kora, a cloud-native event streaming platform, ensuring high availability and scalable performance. You will drive end-to-end technical solutions, collaborate with stakeholders across teams, and tackle complex distributed systems challenges in a large-scale cloud environment.

Experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and statically typed languages is essential, with a track record in operating large

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• At least 4 years of cloud infrastructure experience.
• Proficiency in statically typed languages.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and experience operating large-scale cloud systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the compute layer of a cloud-native event streaming platform to ensure high availability and scalability.
• Drive end-to-end technical solutions and collaborate with stakeholders to solve distributed systems challenges.

Skills

Java

Scala

C/C++

Go

Distributed Systems

Cloud Infrastructure

JVM

Distributed Storage

Public Cloud

CI/CD Pipelines

Agile Methodology

Multi-tenancy

Resource Management

QoS

Systems Operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Apache Kafka

Job description

The role involves designing and developing the compute layer of Kora, a cloud-native event streaming platform, to ensure high availability and scalability. You will drive technical solutions end-to-end and collaborate with stakeholders to solve complex distributed systems problems.

Requirements: Candidates need a degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with at least 4 years of cloud infrastructure experience and proficiency in statically typed languages. Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and experience operating large-scale cloud systems are required.

Key Skills

• Java
• Scala
• C/C++
• Go
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Apache Kafka
• JVM
• Distributed Storage
• Public Cloud
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Agile Methodology
• Multi-tenancy
• Resource Management
• QoS
• Systems Operations