Flink Control Plane Engineering Lead

Confluent; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Confluent is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Flink Platform team in California. In this role, you will lead a high-impact team, responsible for the Flink Control Plane. Your focus will be on architectural leadership, engineering excellence, and mentoring a diverse team of engineers.

With over 10 years of experience in software development, particularly in cloud-native environments, you will shape the future of Confluent's Flink offering while ensuring operational excellence and team growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software development, with 5+ years in engineering management.
• Experience in cloud-native infrastructure or managed services.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems orchestration and multi-tenant resource isolation.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall roadmap and execution for the Flink Control Plane.
• Lead migration and refactors for architectural reliability and security.
• Drive evolution to support 10x growth in compute and tenants.

Skills

Distributed systems orchestration

Cloud-native infrastructure

Kubernetes operators

Leadership in engineering management

Reliability and operational excellence

Job description

Confluent is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Flink Platform team in California. In this role, you will lead a high-impact team, responsible for the Flink Control Plane. Your focus will be on architectural leadership, engineering excellence, and mentoring a diverse team of engineers.

With over 10 years of experience in software development, particularly in cloud-native environments, you will shape the future of Confluent's Flink offering while ensuring operational excellence and team growth.