Senior Real-Time Stream Processing Engineer (Cloud)

International Business Machines Corporation

Boston (MA)

Presencial

USD 76.000 - 112.000

Jornada completa

14 días+

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Descripción de la vacante

IBM is seeking a Senior Software Developer - Stream Processing to build and operate large-scale real-time data infrastructure for Confluent Cloud. You will tackle distributed systems challenges and contribute to a high-ownership, high-autonomy environment.

The role emphasizes designing reliable, scalable backend systems across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and requires strong fundamentals in distributed computing and networking.

Formación

2-5 years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting backend systems in production.
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and networking.
Experience in building and operating large-scale, high-availability systems.
Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their services.
Proficiency in Java, Scala, C++, Go, or other statically typed languages.
BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
A self-starter with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsabilidades

Design, develop, and operate large-scale, high-performance infrastructure that powers Confluent Cloud.
Build foundational software to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency across cloud environments.
Work on distributed systems challenges such as consensus algorithms, failover strategies, and resource allocation.
Collaborate with teams to optimize infrastructure for real-time data streaming use cases.
Troubleshoot and improve system reliability, observability, and performance across cloud providers AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Conocimientos

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Networking

Java

Scala

C++

Educación

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Herramientas

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Descripción del empleo

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.

Your role and responsibilities

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

About the Team

We're a small, focused team building the AI capabilities of Confluent Cloud. Our job is to make it possible to run machine learning and AI agents directly on real-time data — without customers having to stitch together a separate stack to do it. We own our products end to end, from the user-facing API down to the serving layer that runs inference in production, and we work closely with the broader platform teams whose systems we build on top of. It's a high-ownership, high-autonomy environment: small enough that what you build ships and matters, broad enough that the problems are genuinely hard.

About the Role

As a Software Developer on the AI team, you will take ownership of the infrastructure that enables our "in-place, at-scale" AI value proposition. You aren't just building a feature; you are architecting the systems that allow customers to run complex inference and AI agents directly on streaming data, eliminating the need to move data to external stacks. This is a high-impact role where your work on scalable, cost-efficient serving layers directly drives Confluent's growth and redefines the possibilities of real-time data.

We are looking for developers who thrive on the technical complexity of large-scale distributed systems. You will tackle deep infrastructure challenges across networking, compute, and security to ensure our AI capabilities are as reliable as the core data plane itself. If you are passionate about building the foundational systems that power the next generation of AI in the cloud, this is the place to do it.

What You'll Do

Design, develop, and operate large-scale, high-performance infrastructure that powers Confluent Cloud.
Build foundational software to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency across cloud environments.
Work on distributed systems challenges such as consensus algorithms, failover strategies, and resource allocation.
Collaborate with teams across Confluent to optimize and enhance infrastructure for real-time data streaming use cases.
Troubleshoot and improve system reliability, observability, and performance across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

* 2-5 years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting backend systems in production.
* Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and networking.
* Experience in building and operating large-scale, high-availability systems.
* Good understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their services.
* Proficiency in Java, Scala, C++, Go, or other statically typed languages.
* A self-starter with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
* BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Preferred technical and professional experience

* Exposure to model serving, LLM/agent infrastructure, or streaming data systems.

You don't need a background in ML research or model training — this role is about building and operating the platform that serves AI reliably at scale, not inventing the models.

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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

The salary range for the position is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate salary within this range may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience for this position.

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