Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute

Confluent

Senior Software Engineer II role at Confluent building Kora Compute for high availability. Join a passionate team solving distributed systems challenges in a cloud-native environment.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$179,200 - CA$210,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Driven and excited about challenges of delivering complex projects in production with a focus on quality
Customer focused - making customers more successful by taking on their most challenging problems motivates you
Have a strong sense of teamwork and able to make decisions which benefit the team and company
Identify root causes, and get beyond treating symptoms - motivated to dig deep and solve hard problems

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
4+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
Experience building and operating large-scale systems in the Cloud
Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
A self starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
Proficiency in Java, Scala, C/C++, Go or other statically typed languages

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScalaC/C++Gocloud infrastructurecloud networkingdistributed systems designlarge-scale systemssystems operations

Soft Skills

customer focusedteamworkdecision makingproblem solvingself starter

Certifications

BS in computer scienceMS in computer sciencePhD in computer science