Staff Cloud Networking Engineer: Traffic & Data Plane

IBM; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking software engineers for the Confluent Cloud traffic team. You will help build and manage the networking fabric that underpins real-time data streaming across clouds.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and proficiency in C++, Go, or Python. You will work across AWS/Azure/GCP and contribute to high-performance, scalable cloud networks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of cloud infrastructure and networking experience.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems design and development.
• Experience building and operating large-scale cloud systems.
• Experience with storage, networks and OS fundamentals.
• Proficiency in statically typed languages (C++, Go, Python).
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Layer 7 proxies like Envoy.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate the traffic data plane for Confluent Cloud.
• Drive initiatives across networking, cloud infrastructure, and multi-tenancy.
• Independently lead software projects and technical teams to production impact.
• Contribute to open source and engage with upstream communities.
• Troubleshoot complex stacks spanning multi-cloud and containerization.

Skills

Cloud infra

Distributed systems

C/C++/Go/Python

Public clouds

Network data plane

Team leadership

Open source collaboration

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Envoy

Kubernetes Networking

Job description

IBM Software is seeking software engineers for the Confluent Cloud traffic team. You will help build and manage the networking fabric that underpins real-time data streaming across clouds.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and proficiency in C++, Go, or Python. You will work across AWS/Azure/GCP and contribute to high-performance, scalable cloud networks.