Senior Software Engineer - Confluent Cloud Platform
ibmLondon
Senior Software Engineer - Confluent Cloud Platform
Posted 4 days ago
ibmLondon
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Introduction At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape. Here, you’ll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. We put information in motion, streaming in near real time so organizations can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them. Your Role and Responsibilities About the Role: The Confluent Cloud Platform based on Apache Kafka is the leading Cloud Native Platform as a Service for streaming data infrastructure, but this is just the beginning. We are building a PaaS enabling customer around the globe to deliver streaming applications.
What You Will Do:
- Design, implement and maintain Golang infrastructure services (typically implemented as Kubernetes operators) to deliver the Confluent cloud foundations to the wider engineering organization * Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus and a strong command of Linux, public cloud and networking should come as standard - though Golang software engineering will be your primary focus * As a Confluent Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer, you will be working alongside the rest of the Confluent engineers to build our PaaS product * You, and the rest of the team, will be responsible for the availability, performance, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning of the Confluent cloud * If you love the hum of big data systems covering 10,000's of instances, thinking about how to make them run as smoothly and securely as possible, and want to have a big influence on the architecture plus operational design points of this new product, then you will fit right in Required Skills What You Will Bring: * BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience * Relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience * Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development * Experience building and operating large-scale systems * Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc) * A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams * Proficiency in Go, Python, C++, or other statically typed languages * Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP) Preferred Skills What Gives You an Edge: * Experience with Golang is advantageous * Experience using Apache Kafka is a big plus Additional Details For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
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