Senior Software Engineer - Confluent Cloud Platform at IBM

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and maintain Golang infrastructure services, typically as Kubernetes operators.
- Build and evolve the Confluent Cloud PaaS foundations used across engineering teams.
- Ensure availability, performance, capacity planning and operational readiness for large-scale streaming deployments.
- Implement monitoring, alerting and observability using Datadog/Prometheus and runbooks for incident response.
- Collaborate with platform, SRE and product teams on architecture, networking, security and cloud integration.
- Participate in on-call rotations, postmortems and continuous improvement of operational processes.

Requirements:
- Proven proficiency in Go (primary), plus familiarity with Python or C++.
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and large-scale system operations.
- Practical experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux, networking and public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Knowledge of observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus) and capacity planning practices.
- Self-starter able to work cross-functionally, own services end-to-end, and respond to production incidents.
- Degree in CS or equivalent experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Design, implement and maintain Golang infrastructure services (primarily Kubernetes operators) to deliver the Confluent Cloud Platform foundations, build and operate a PaaS, and ensure availability, performance, monitoring, and capacity planning for the Confluent cloud.

Requirements

BS/MS/PhD in CS or equivalent experience; strong cloud infrastructure and distributed systems background; Linux fundamentals; proficiency in Go (and/or Python/C++); experience with public clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Key skills

• Golang — in 63 other listings on The Stack
• Kubernetes — in 569 other listings on The Stack
• Terraform — in 463 other listings on The Stack
• Datadog — in 71 other listings on The Stack
• Prometheus — in 107 other listings on The Stack
• Linux — in 143 other listings on The Stack
• AWS — in 788 other listings on The Stack
• Azure — in 141 other listings on The Stack
• GCP
• Python
• C++
• Apache Kafka

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What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Golang, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus, Linux, AWS, Azure, GCP, Python, C++, Apache Kafka.