Distributed Systems Software Engineer

Confluent

full-time

Posted on: 9/9/2025

Location: Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $230,800 - $271,200 per year

SeniorLead

ApacheAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptKafkaMicroservicesPythonReact

About the role

Independently drive execution of complex technical projects end to end
Build mission-critical backend services: architect, design, develop and operationalize high-performance, scalable, reliable and resilient services
Troubleshoot and debug technical issues inside a deep and complex stack including microservices, containers, and virtualization
Ensure operational readiness and meet availability and performance SLA commitments
Work across the entire stack from network-level storage engine to developer console UI (HTML/JavaScript)
Implement features such as transactions, active-active multi-region clusters, and scalability improvements for multi-tenant control plane
Operate services across cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and be on-call for production systems
Collaborate within a small (<10) distributed engineering team

10+ years industry experience designing, building, scaling and supporting backend systems in production with a solid grasp on good software engineering practices such as code reviews, deep focus on quality, and documentation
Strong programming and algorithmic skills; proficiency in a major programming language, e.g. Java, Go, C / C++, Python, etc
Deep curiosity and enthusiasm for distributed systems and storage systems
Strong focus on project delivery and communication skills
Experience in driving operational excellence for large production services
A strong sense of customer centricity, teamwork, technical leadership and mentorship
Proven track record of delivering large-scale, highly available, high quality systems
Hands-on technical expertise in large scale systems engineering or distributed systems
On-call experience handling critical systems
Experience building services that operate across cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure