Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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Posted: 22 days ago
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Confluent - Senior Software Engineer - Backend joins the Traffic team to build and manage the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. This role focuses on the control plane area, where you will design, build, and operate secure, reliable, and scalable backend services in a cloud-native environment. You will own features end-to-end, from requirements and design to implementation and testing, while managing distributed systems and microservices with an emphasis on performance and clear API contracts. The ideal candidate possesses experience with large-scale services, public cloud infrastructure, and Kubernetes or containerized environments. Required technical skills include proficiency in Go, Java, or C++, alongside a solid understanding of networking, OS, and storage tradeoffs. You will solve complex problems related to providing the foundational networking resources that power Confluent Cloud’s core platform capabilities.

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Skills

Go Java C++ Kubernetes Microservices Distributed Systems Networking Data Modeling Monitoring Alerting

What you'll do

Design, build, and operate secure, reliable, and scalable backend services in a cloud-native environment.
Own features and projects end-to-end from requirements and design through implementation, testing, and rollout.
Develop distributed systems and microservices with a focus on performance, resiliency, and clear API contracts.
Manage service reliability through monitoring, alerting, and participating in on-call rotations.
Write clean, well-tested, and documented code while participating in peer code reviews.
Improve engineering practices, tools, and automation to streamline the software deployment process.
Collaborate with partner teams on architecture, data modeling, and integration points across the platform.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred.
2-5 years of experience building distributed, highly available backend systems in production.
Experience with cloud infrastructure is a strong plus.
Hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale services with clear API contracts and end-to-end lifecycle ownership.
Solid systems-level understanding of networking, OS, and storage tradeoffs relevant to backend infrastructure.
Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Go, Java, or C++.
Experience with public cloud and Kubernetes/containerized environments.
A networking background combined with software engineering experience (preferred).