The Senior Software Engineer role at IBM focuses on building and managing the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. The Traffic team is responsible for optimizing performance, security, reliability, and cost for data traffic in Kafka clusters. This position requires a passion for large-scale distributed systems and network data plane performance. The ideal candidate will work in a collaborative environment to deliver high-quality software solutions.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 2+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience.
• Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Practical experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
• Proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or other statically typed languages.

• Design, develop, and operationalize high performance, scalable, reliable, and resilient systems.
• Independently drive execution of software projects to deliver complex projects in production.
• Build upon open source software to deliver business impact.
• Troubleshoot issues and improve operations for a complex technical stack.

• IBM offers competitive compensation, healthcare coverage, retirement programs, paid parental leave, tuition assistance, wellness programs, flexible work options, and extensive learning and certification resources.