As a Senior Software Engineer on the Confluent Cloud Traffic team in Rochester, MN, you will play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining scalable solutions for managing traffic within our cloud infrastructure. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing and implementing robust systems to handle high-volume data streams, ensuring reliability and performance across distributed environments. You will work with cutting-edge technologies such as Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, and Docker, leveraging Java and Python to build innovative features that address complex business challenges. This role requires expertise in microservices architecture, cloud computing, and experience with CI/CD pipelines. The team tackles large-scale data processing and real-time analytics problems, making this an ideal position for someone passionate about pushing the boundaries of distributed systems technology.