As a Senior Software Engineer on the Confluent Cloud Traffic team in San Jose, you will play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining scalable infrastructure for real-time data streaming. Your responsibilities include designing and implementing robust traffic management systems to ensure high availability and performance of Confluent's cloud services. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify bottlenecks, optimize resource utilization, and enhance the reliability of our distributed systems. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in Java or Scala, along with a strong understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices architecture. Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana is highly desirable, as you will be instrumental in building observability into complex cloud-native applications at scale.