Used Tools & Technologies
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Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Software Development @ 8
SQL @ 6
Distributed Systems @ 4
Flink @ 4
Communication @ 4
React @ 4
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.
It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.
One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.
About the role
Confluent is seeking an innovative and executing Staff Engineer to help make stream processing feel like using a database with SQL. You will develop core building blocks to enable a just-in-time, consumption-based experience and deliver a fast cloud-native Apache Flink experience. You will work with other Flink experts on an existing implementation driven by usage data and product requirements and contribute relevant components back to open source Apache Flink.
Responsibilities
- Work on Flink SQL components such as logical query planner, parser, optimizer, and SQL runtime on Confluent Cloud to deliver an efficient and unified experience for batch and streaming workloads.
- Maintain code quality, test coverage, documentation, and overall maintainability of the components you and your team own.
- Design components: draft designs, discuss them with stakeholders, and curate and moderate decisions.
- Contribute changes and features to open source Apache Flink; participate in mailing lists and review PRs affecting deployment and coordination components.
- Increase open source visibility by writing blog posts and giving talks at meetups and conferences.
- Participate in and help shape team processes, lead meetings, take initiatives, and participate in on-call rotations.
- Mentor other engineers with less experience in Apache Flink and more junior developers working on serverless Apache Flink.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant software development experience.
- Deep knowledge of database internals, especially around query planning and optimization.
- Extensive experience designing and developing complex distributed systems.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate complex requirements into effective solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
- Active involvement in stream processing communities and conferences; a strong network within the industry.
Culture and Equal Opportunity
Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. Confluent works across time zones and backgrounds and makes space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible. Confluent is an equal opportunity workplace and bases employment decisions on job-related criteria without regard to legally protected classifications.