Engineering Manager - Kafka Coordinators
Company: Confluent
Location: Washington
Posted on: May 2, 2024
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Job Description:
With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of
continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital
world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day -
we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure
- data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to
create experiences and use the power of data in ways that
profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose
and drives us to do better every day.
One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform.
Data Connects Us.
About the Role:
We are seeking a cloud infrastructure leader to drive our critical
Kafka Coordinators engineering team against a large and ambitious
roadmap. The team is responsible for the core Apache Kafka
produce/consume protocol, in cluding transaction management,
exactly once semantics and consumer group protocol, and works
closely with the Apache Kafka community to reinvent Kafka core
protocol to the next level. The team is also responsible for
building transactional support and consumer group management
features for our cloud-native version of Kafka, at the core of
Confluent Cloud, to deliver highly available and performance
service at 10x the current scale. You will be responsible for
further defining the vision, growing and coaching the team, and
planning and driving cross-team efforts to solve complex
distributed system challenges at scale.
What You Will Do:
Own the overall vision and execution for the Kafka Coordinators
team
Work closely with product management, engineering leadership, and
other key stakeholders across various teams in Confluent to build
and drive the overall roadmap
Deliver high impact to the business by driving important technical
initiatives in areas comprising (but not limited to) transactional
support and idempotent producer features in data streaming
services, core produce/consume protocol development, reliability,
scalability, multi-tenancy, and architectural direction across
organizational boundaries
Work with engineering teams and product on critical aspects of
product definition, architectural design, and delivery.
Influence the overall domain health and operational hygiene for the
Cloud Platform.
What You Will Bring:
10+ years of experience in software development and 5+ years in
management
Experience designing resilient systems at scale, in the three major
CSPs (AWS, Azure, GCP), with a proven track record of "seeing
around corners" to reduce complexity and create critical enduring
technical foundations
Experience working on databases or distributed data streaming
services or data storage.
Ability to influence the team, peers, and upper management using
effective communication and collaborative techniques
Ability to hire while ensuring a high hiring bar, keep engineers
motivated, coach/mentor, and handle performance management
A great track record of timely shipping features and have a sense
of urgency, an aggressive mindset towards achieving results, and
excellent prioritization skills
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or
equivalent
Come As You Are
At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are
committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a
variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The
more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our
impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related
criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran
status, or any other classification protected by applicable
law.
At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and
benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and
carefully consider several factors when determining compensation,
including work history, education, professional experience, and
location. This position has an annual estimated salary of $RANGE -
$RANGE, an annual bonus, and a competitive equity package. The
actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications,
experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide
range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click
HERE (https://confluentbenefits.com/) .
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(https://www.confluent.io/legal/confluent-candidate-privacy-notice/)
to review our Candidate Privacy Notice which describes how and when
Confluent, Inc., and its group companies, collects, uses, and
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and prospective employees.
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