The Confluent Senior Software Engineer II role focuses on building and running large-scale, multi-tenant distributed systems for IBM Confluent. The team is dedicated to making it easy for users to leverage Confluent's products, including Kafka, to create innovative streaming applications. Engineers will work on foundational cloud frameworks and services that power the platform, ensuring high availability and reliability. This position offers the opportunity to influence the architecture and operational design of a new compute platform.

• Strong experience in cloud-native, large-scale distributed systems
• Proficiency in backend service design and implementation
• Ability to make architecture and technical decisions
• Experience with microservices-based environments
• Familiarity with defining SLOs and SLAs

• Own and lead the design and implementation of complex backend services.
• Drive projects end to end from requirements and design through implementation.
• Improve service reliability by defining SLOs and strengthening observability.
• Collaborate across teams to define APIs and integration points.
• Mentor and support other engineers through code and design reviews.

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