[Remote] Staff Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Confluent is a company focused on transforming how data moves and is utilized. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop control plane services for the Flink product, ensuring high reliability and efficiency in stream processing solutions.ResponsibilitiesDeveloping the control plane services that orchestrate Flink job lifecycles (submission, scaling, recovery). Building Kubernetes operators and orchestrators for serverless resource management. Designing APIs for job management, multi-tenancy, and isolationFollowing a holistic development approach you will be responsible for the code quality, test coverage, documentation and maintainability of the components you and your team work onDesigning Components: You will not only implement aspects of Flink Control Plane but also draft designs, discuss them and curate and moderate a decision with involved stakeholdersTeam: As part of the team you will help to follow and maintain processes, by being an active part of the team, leading meetings and taking initiatives where feasible and participating in on-call rotationsMentoring: You will mentor other engineers with less experience in Control plane architecture to get started in the community and more junior developers to get into the area of serverless Apache FlinkSkills10+ years of relevant software development experienceDeep knowledge of distributed systems orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, control loops)Experience building high-scale control planes, API servers, or cloud-native infrastructureKnowledge of containerization, networking, and resource isolationStrong problem-solving skills, capable of translating complex requirements into effective solutionsExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate across teamsBenefitsOffers EquityREMOTECompany OverviewConfluent offers a streaming platform based on Apache Kafka that enables companies to easily access data as real-time streams. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://confluent.io.Company H1B SponsorshipConfluent has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 6 in 2026, 142 in 2025, 107 in 2024, 91 in 2023, 155 in 2022, 119 in 2021, 50 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.