Senior Software Engineer
Confluent
senior
Location
London, United Kingdom
Work Type
Onsite
Seniority
senior
Posted
August 29, 2026
Total Compensation
€235,000
Yearly Savings (Comfortable)
€107,000
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Job Description
- 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
- 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- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
- Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- 4+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
- Proficiency in Go, Python, C++, or other statically typed languages
- Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Experience building and operating large-scale systems
- A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
- Experience with Golang is advantageous
- Experience using Apache Kafka is a big plus
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