Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Go/Kafka) – Remote

International Business Machines Corporation

Boston (MA)

On-site

USD 108,000 - 162,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

IBM United Kingdom Limited is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Confluent Cloud infrastructure. You will design, implement, and operate large-scale cloud foundations, focusing on Golang services, Kubernetes operators, and cloud networking across global systems.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to deliver a robust PaaS platform and ensure high availability and performance. You should bring strong distributed systems foundations and experience with Go, Python, C++, and public

Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
Relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience.
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
Experience building and operating large-scale systems.
Proficiency in Go, Python, C++, or other statically typed languages.
Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP).

Responsibilities

Design, implement and maintain Golang infrastructure services (Kubernetes operators) for Confluent cloud foundations.
Leverage Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus; strong Linux, cloud and networking skills.
Collaborate with Confluent engineers to build the PaaS product.
Own availability, performance, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning for the Confluent cloud.
Contribute to architecture and operational design of the product.

Skills

Python

C++

Distributed systems

Public cloud

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Prometheus

Linux

Job description

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape. Here, you’ll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. We put information in motion, streaming in near real time so organizations can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

Your role and responsibilities

About the Role:

The Confluent Cloud Platform based on Apache Kafka is the leading Cloud Native Platform as a Service for streaming data infrastructure, but this is just the beginning. We are building a PaaS enabling customer around the globe to deliver streaming applications.

What You Will Do:

Design, implement and maintain Golang infrastructure services (typically implemented as Kubernetes operators) to deliver the Confluent cloud foundations to the wider engineering organization

Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus and a strong command of Linux, public cloud and networking should come as standard - though Golang software engineering will be your primary focus

As a Confluent Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer, you will be working alongside the rest of the Confluent engineers to build our PaaS product

You, and the rest of the team, will be responsible for the availability, performance, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning of the Confluent cloud

If you love the hum of big data systems covering 10,000's of instances, thinking about how to make them run as smoothly and securely as possible, and want to have a big influence on the architecture plus operational design points of this new product, then you will fit right in

Required education

None

Preferred education

None

Required technical and professional expertise

What You Will Bring:

BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

Relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience

Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development

Experience building and operating large-scale systems

Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)

A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams

Proficiency in Go, Python, C++, or other statically typed languages

Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)

Preferred technical and professional experience

What Gives You an Edge:

Experience with Golang is advantageous

Experience using Apache Kafka is a big plus

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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