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# Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute at Confluent

- **Company:** Confluent
- **Location:** CA, Canada
- **Compensation:** $179k–$211k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-05-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/confluent/a24f234c-08a3-4184-a357-763ce5e69454

## Job description

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

## ABOUT THE ROLE:

We are a team of passionate engineers who love solving complex distributed systems and infrastructure problems. We are building Kora from the ground up to be a true managed service for clients who demand high levels of availability and performance at the lowest cost of ownership. In this role, you will be working on building highly available, reliable, secure, scalable, and multi-tenant Kora's compute layer. You will be instrumental in driving the technical solutions end-to-end, working closely with the team and key stakeholders to design, architect, and develop top-notch solutions. Here are examples of some of the challenges we've taken on in recent years:

Kora: A Cloud-Native Event Streaming Platform For Kafka https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol16/p3822-povzner.pdf Apache Kafka's Next-Gen Rebalance Protocol: Towards More Stable and Scalable Consumer Groups https://www.confluent.io/events/current/2023/apache-kafkas-next-gen-rebalance-protocol-towards-more-stable-and-scalable/ From On-Prem to Cloud-Native: Multi-Tenancy in Confluent Cloud https://www.confluent.io/blog/cloud-native-multi-tenant-kafka-with-confluent-cloud/ Speed, Scale, Storage: Our Journey from Apache Kafka to Performance in Confluent Cloud https://www.confluent.io/blog/from-apache-kafka-to-confluent-cloud-optimizing-for-speed-scale-storage/ Benchmarking Confluent Cloud https://assets.confluent.io/m/2d7c883a8aa6a71d/original/20200501-WP-Benchmark_Your_Dedicated_Apache_Kafka_Cluster_on_Confluent_Cloud.pdf

## WHAT YOU WILL DO:

- Driven and excited about challenges of delivering complex projects in production with a focus on quality
- Customer focused - making customers more successful by taking on their most challenging problems motivates you
- Have a strong sense of teamwork and able to make decisions which benefit the team and company
- Identify root causes, and get beyond treating symptoms - motivated to dig deep and solve hard problems

## WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 4+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
- Experience building and operating large-scale systems in the Cloud
- Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
- A self starter with the ability to work effectively in teams Proficiency in Java, Scala, C/C++, Go or other statically typed languages

## WHAT GIVES YOU AN EDGE:

- In-depth familiarity with the JVM
- A strong background in distributed storage systems or databases
- Experience in the areas of resource management and QoS
- Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Interest in evangelism (giving talks at tech conferences, writing blog posts evangelizing Kafka)
- Experience working on databases or data storage

READY TO BUILD WHAT'S NEXT? LET’S GET IN MOTION.

## COME AS YOU ARE

Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.

## PRIVACY STATEMENT

Confluent is an IBM subsidiary which has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated into the IBM organization. By proceeding with this application, you understand that Confluent will share your personal information with other IBM affiliates involved in your recruitment process, wherever these are located. More Information on how IBM protects your personal information, including the safeguards in case of cross-border data transfer, are available here http://ibm.com/careers/us-en/privacy-policy/.

## About Confluent

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Confluent provides a cloud-native data streaming platform built by the original co-creators of Apache Kafka, enabling organizations to stream, process, and react to data in real time.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: CFLT)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Jay Kreps, Jun Rao, Neha Narkhede

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Data streaming infrastructure, real-time data platforms
- **Target customers**: B2B, enterprise, developers, and data engineers
- **Mission/purpose**: To create the foundational platform for data-in-motion, unleashing the power of continuously flowing data so companies can innovate and win in the modern digital world.

## Products & Services
- **Confluent Cloud**: Fully managed, cloud-native data streaming service powered by the Kora engine. Offers autoscaling, 99.99% uptime SLA, transparent consumption-based pricing, and support for GBps+ workloads.
- **Confluent Platform**: Self-managed distribution of Apache Kafka with enterprise features, including Confluent for Kubernetes and Ansible playbooks for easier on-prem or hybrid deployment.
- **Schema Registry**: Supports Avro, Protobuf, and JSON Schema for stream governance.
- **120+ Pre-built Connectors**: Integrates with databases, data warehouses, SaaS apps, and cloud services.
- **Cluster Linking**: Enables real-time topic mirroring, data replication, and workload migration across clusters without downtime.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available from provided sources (public company; SEC filings available)
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available from provided sources (public company; annual revenue disclosed in 10-K filings)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed in provided sources (public company with institutional investors; partners include major cloud providers)
- **Growth Signals**: 3,263 total employees (Built In), remote-first hiring across 25+ countries, hyper-growth mode, expanding engineering and sales teams globally.

## Competitive Advantages
- Founded by the original co-creators of Apache Kafka, ensuring deep platform expertise and compatibility.
- Complete, enterprise-grade platform with cloud-native architecture (Kora engine) that scales 10x faster than traditional Kafka and delivers 20-90%+ throughput savings.
- Fully compatible with Apache Kafka, allowing seamless migration and hybrid deployments.
- Strong security and compliance posture: SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS certifications.
- 99.99% uptime SLA for production workloads and transparent consumption-based pricing.

## Strategic Focus
- Enabling real-time AI and event-driven applications.
- Expanding global footprint with offices in Mountain View, London, Toronto, Bengaluru, Dubai, and Reston.
- Building a complete ecosystem of connectors and governance tools to simplify data streaming adoption.
- Scaling the platform to handle AI workloads and real-time microservices.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture**: Work where you thrive – home, office, or anywhere in between. Offices available in 9 locations globally.
- **Flexibility**: Flexible time off, volunteer time off, and support for all paths to parenthood.
- **Compensation**: Competitive equity program with no cliff, plus a one-time home office reimbursement of up to $500 USD.
- **Culture**: Values include “Prioritize Ruthlessly,” “One Team,” “Smart, Humble, and Empathetic,” “Lead with Courage and Honor,” and “Earn Our Customers’ Love.” Direct access to leadership via #ask-estaff Slack channel.
- **Growth**: Hyper-growth environment with opportunities to work on cutting-edge data streaming technology. Engineering roles span senior software engineers, staff engineers, and engineering managers.

## Sources
1. [careers.confluent.io](https://careers.confluent.io/)
2. [confluent.io](https://www.confluent.io/)
3. [confluent.io/about](https://www.confluent.io/about/)
4. [builtin.com/company/confluent](https://builtin.com/company/confluent)
5. [careers.confluent.io/life-at-confluent](https://careers.confluent.io/life-at-confluent)
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/confluent](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/confluent)

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