Senior Software Engineer II, Fleet Management Unified Deployment

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer II, Fleet Management Unified Deployment

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As a Senior Software Engineer II on the Fleet Management Unified Deployment team, you will build and evolve systems managing the lifecycle of Confluent software across Confluent Cloud. You will develop a unified control plane to orchestrate software rollouts, upgrades, recovery, and operational management across thousands of global multi-cloud environments. Your daily work involves designing platform APIs, managing fleet lifecycle orchestration, and optimizing integrations with AWS, GCP, and Azure. You will implement security isolation, multi-tenancy controls, and automated self-healing workflows. The role requires deep expertise in Kubernetes, including controller development and operator patterns, alongside strong proficiency in Go. You will utilize gRPC and Protobuf to build production-grade backend services that solve complex problems regarding scalable deployment orchestration and cloud infrastructure automation for large-scale service operations.

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Kubernetes Go AWS GCP Azure gRPC Protobuf Multi-cloud API Design Observability Cloud Infrastructure Automation Multi-tenancy Security Isolation Operator Patterns

What you'll do

Build and evolve the control plane for software rollouts, upgrades, and recovery across multi-cloud fleets.
Develop systems to coordinate placement, maintenance, and state transitions for services running on Confluent Cloud.
Design and enhance APIs that provide clean abstractions for deployment workflows and fleet-wide operational controls.
Build and optimize integrations with AWS, GCP, and Azure to enable seamless end-to-end operations.
Implement isolation, security controls, and safe operational boundaries for deployment and runtime management systems.
Drive operational excellence through monitoring, automated health checks, and self-healing remediation workflows.

What we're looking for

Master's Degree (preferred).
6+ years of experience delivering scalable software solutions.
Deep expertise in Kubernetes, including controller development, operator patterns, and multi-cluster architectures.
Strong proficiency in Go with experience building production-grade backend or platform services.
Experience with fleet-wide lifecycle management, deployment orchestration, or cloud infrastructure automation.
Experience running production services in cloud environments with knowledge of reliability, networking, and security fundamentals.
Experience with multi-tenant platform architectures, security isolation, gRPC, Protobuf, and technical leadership (preferred).

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