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[Remote] Distributed Systems Software Engineer - WarpStream

Remote Full-time Now Hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Confluent is a company that is rewriting how data moves with their data streaming platform. As a Senior Engineer on the WarpStream team, you will be responsible for building and improving backend services that operate across different cloud service providers while ensuring high performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

  • Independently drive execution of complex technical projects end to end
  • Build mission-critical backend services that deliver value to our customers. You will play a crucial role in architecting, designing, developing and operationalizing high performance, scalable, reliable and resilient services
  • Troubleshoot and debug technical issues inside a deep and complex technical stack that includes microservices, containers, and virtualization
  • Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the availability and performance SLA commitments to our customers

Skills

  • 5+ years industry experience designing, building, scaling and supporting backend systems in production with a solid grasp on good software engineering practices such as code reviews, deep focus on quality, and documentation
  • Strong programming and algorithmic skills. Proficiency in a major programming language, e.g. Java, Go, C / C++, Python, etc
  • Deep curiosity and enthusiasm for distributed systems and storage systems
  • Strong focus on project delivery and communication skills
  • Experience in driving operational excellence for large production services
  • A strong sense of customer centricity, teamwork, technical leadership and mentorship and are excited about team and company success
  • Proven track record of delivering large-scale, highly available, high quality systems
  • Hands-on technical expertise in large scale systems engineering or distributed systems
  • On-call experience handling critical systems

Benefits

  • Offers Equity
  • The WarpStream team is fully remote and geographically distributed

Company Overview

  • Confluent 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 Sponsorship

  • Confluent has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 13 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.