Global Engineering Director - Kafka & Cloud Platform

International Business Machines Corporation; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is seeking an engineering leader to drive the strategic vision, engineering, and operations of core teams building a scalable, cloud-native Kafka platform. You will lead the Confluent Cloud Brokers, Networking and Security initiatives, operating the cloud platform at scale.

You will guide a global team of engineers, partner with stakeholders to advance the mission, and set standards for delivery, reliability, and performance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience with large stateful data systems in the cloud.
• Proven track record delivering features on schedule.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of engineers and engineering leaders.
• Set long-term strategy for Confluent-like Kafka platform.
• Drive technical innovation and competitive advantages.
• Collaborate with peers to improve culture and standards.
• Hire top engineers and drive performance.

Skills

Engineering management

Cloud-scale data

Distributed systems

Feature delivery

Prioritization

Tools

Kafka

Public clouds

Job description

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is seeking an engineering leader to drive the strategic vision, engineering, and operations of core teams building a scalable, cloud-native Kafka platform. You will lead the Confluent Cloud Brokers, Networking and Security initiatives, operating the cloud platform at scale.

You will guide a global team of engineers, partner with stakeholders to advance the mission, and set standards for delivery, reliability, and performance.