Senior Distributed Systems Engineer (Remote, Equity)

Confluent; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 197,400 - 271,200; Full time

Job summary

Confluent is hiring for a Senior Engineer to drive end-to-end development of WarpStream, an Apache Kafka compatible data streaming platform built atop object storage. You’ll work across the stack, from storage engines to developer UI, in a fully remote team distributed across several countries.

The role emphasizes delivering high-performance, scalable services, operating in multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), and contributing to a resilient, user-friendly platform for customers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building backend systems in production.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, C/C++, or Python.
• Deep interest in distributed and storage systems.
• Strong delivery and communication skills.
• Experience operating large production services.
• Customer-centric mindset and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end execution of complex technical projects.
• Build and operate backend services for high performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot across microservices, containers, and virtualization stacks.
• Ensure services meet availability and performance SLAs for customers.

Skills

Backend systems

Java

Go

C/C++

Python

Distributed systems

Mentorship

Job description

Confluent is hiring for a Senior Engineer to drive end-to-end development of WarpStream, an Apache Kafka compatible data streaming platform built atop object storage. You’ll work across the stack, from storage engines to developer UI, in a fully remote team distributed across several countries.

The role emphasizes delivering high-performance, scalable services, operating in multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), and contributing to a resilient, user-friendly platform for customers.