Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Remote

WeHireYou; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Confluent is hiring a Distributed Systems Software Engineer for WarpStream. This role involves building a Kafka-compatible data streaming platform on top of object storage, optimizing a multi-tenant control plane, and implementing features like transactions and active-active multi-region clusters.

The team is globally distributed and fully remote, with engineers in multiple countries including the USA. You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high-performance backend services across cloud

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend/system development experience in production
• Proficiency in Java, Go, C/C++, or Python
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and storage concepts
• Experience with code reviews, testing, and documentation
• Customer-centric mindset and ability to work across teams

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end complex technical projects in a distributed environment
• Build high-performance, scalable backend services for data streaming
• Troubleshoot within a microservices/containerized stack
• Ensure service readiness and meet SLA commitments

Skills

Java

Go

C/C++

Python

Distributed systems

Algorithms

Code reviews

Documentation

Job description

Confluent is hiring a Distributed Systems Software Engineer for WarpStream. This role involves building a Kafka-compatible data streaming platform on top of object storage, optimizing a multi-tenant control plane, and implementing features like transactions and active-active multi-region clusters.

The team is globally distributed and fully remote, with engineers in multiple countries including the USA. You will design, develop, deploy, and operate high-performance backend services across cloud