The Senior Software Engineer II - Confluent joins the Traffic team to build and manage the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. This role focuses on the data plane area, where the engineer will design, develop, and operationalize high-performance, scalable, and resilient systems for containerized workloads. Key responsibilities include building the software underpinning the mission-critical network data plane, troubleshooting complex technical stacks spanning three clouds, and improving operations for microservices and virtualization. The position requires expertise in distributed systems, cloud networking, and basic systems operations like disk and network fundamentals. Candidates should possess proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or other statically typed languages. Preferred skills include experience with Kubernetes Networking, Envoy proxy, Linux kernel networking, and eBPF to optimize performance, security, and cost for customer Kafka clusters.
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Kubernetes
Go
AWS
Azure
GCP
Distributed Systems
gRPC
Protocol Buffers
Scala
C++
Container Runtime
Linux Internals
Cloud-Native
Service Mesh
Identity and Access Management
Network Policies
Kata Containers
Cloud Hypervisor
cgroups
seccomp