Senior Software Engineer: Real-Time AI Infrastructure

Confluent; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Confluent is seeking a software engineer on the AI team to own the infrastructure that enables in-place, at-scale AI on real-time streaming data.

You will tackle large-scale distributed systems challenges, design reliable serving layers, and collaborate across teams to push the platform forward.

This high-ownership role rewards curiosity, proactive problem solving, and the ability to ship impactful infrastructure that powers Confluent Cloud.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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).

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Backend systems

Programming languages

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Java

Scala

C++

Go

Job description

Confluent is seeking a software engineer on the AI team to own the infrastructure that enables in-place, at-scale AI on real-time streaming data.

You will tackle large-scale distributed systems challenges, design reliable serving layers, and collaborate across teams to push the platform forward.

This high-ownership role rewards curiosity, proactive problem solving, and the ability to ship impactful infrastructure that powers Confluent Cloud.