Senior Cloud Compute Platform Engineer (Kubernetes & Go)

IBM; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Confluent is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Compute Platform to lead multi-tenant, cloud-native compute substrate development. You will help scale our platform across thousands of clusters and drive architectural decisions that impact global operations.

You will design APIs, implement Kubernetes operators in Go, and mentor engineers while ensuring high availability, reliability, and security for enterprise workloads.

Qualifications

• 5+ years delivering scalable software solutions.
• Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, highly available, low-latency systems.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes including controller development, operator patterns, and multi-cluster architectures.
• Strong proficiency in Go with experience building production-grade distributed systems.
• Experience with multi-tenant platform architectures and security isolation patterns.

Responsibilities

• Own features end to end for the Compute Platform, such as multi-cluster orchestration, workload placement, and security architecture.
• Design and implement platform APIs and Kubernetes operators using Go to support evolving workload requirements.
• Deliver high-impact initiatives in areas such as workload scheduling, disruption management, network isolation, rolling update strategies, and cross-cluster resource management.
• Lead technical design reviews and drive architectural decisions across organizational boundaries.
• Mentor and grow other engineers on the team through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
• Own operational aspects including availability, reliability, performance monitoring, emergency response, and disaster recovery for our global compute infrastructure.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go programming

Distributed systems

Multi-tenant security

Leadership/mentorship

APIs and platforms

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Go

Kubernetes Operators

Protobuf

gRPC

Job description

Confluent is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Compute Platform to lead multi-tenant, cloud-native compute substrate development. You will help scale our platform across thousands of clusters and drive architectural decisions that impact global operations.

You will design APIs, implement Kubernetes operators in Go, and mentor engineers while ensuring high availability, reliability, and security for enterprise workloads.