Senior Software Engineer II

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 Product & Team: Kafka Connect is the foundational streaming integration framework for Apache Kafka. It enables reliable, scalable data movement between Kafka and the broader ecosystem of databases, cloud services, and storage systems. Designed for mission-critical production environments, this highly configurable system provides a distributed and fault-tolerant architecture that supports high-volume data pipelines across hybrid and cloud-native deployments. As a strategic core of the Confluent Cloud platform, our team builds the extensible engine that transforms and routes data streams at scale, powering the infrastructure that our customers rely on for their most critical data workflows. What You’ll Do: - Design, build, and operationalize high-performance, scalable, and resilient distributed systems for the Kafka Connect platform. - Independently own the end-to-end execution of complex technical projects, ensuring high-quality delivery in production. - Solve complex challenges in the stream processing space using cloud and on-premises resources to improve the performance, scalability, and elasticity of Kafka Connectors. - Engage with the Open Source community to provide technical guidance and thought leadership. - Promote a culture of engineering excellence through clear communication, high-quality execution, and effective collaboration. What We're Looking For: - 6 to 10