Principal AI Platform Engineer (Remote, Equity)

Confluent

Baton Rouge (LA)

Remote

USD 285,000 - 342,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Confluent is seeking a strategic, hands-on leader to define and scale internal agentic AI capabilities across Engineering, Security, and IT. You will operationalize AI adoption, automate workflows, and drive integration of AI-driven solutions to improve developer productivity.

The role emphasizes balancing 60% execution with 40% strategy, partnering across teams, and establishing governance for responsible AI usage.

Qualifications

8+ years driving strategic productivity initiatives, ideally in SaaS/Cloud platforms or developer tools with some proven experience in AI initiatives.
Expert in building distributed systems and the infrastructure/tools to support it.
Able to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
Strong communicator who translates complex technical strategies into impact-oriented outcomes.

Responsibilities

Define and evangelize the AI and agentic flows strategy – align metrics, engineering needs, and platform opportunities.
Build a roadmap for introducing agentic automation features and AI-driven workflows across engineering.
Identify and resolve bottlenecks across the product and software development life cycle.
Lead delivery of core agentic workflows that improve productivity across engineering.