Your role and responsibilities
We are building a massively scalable stream processing infrastructure that enables low-latency operations like filters, joins and aggregations on real-time data. This will enable our customers to easily build stateful stream-processing applications that are scalable, elastic, and fully fault-tolerant.
We are looking for an engineering leader to lead the strategic vision, engineering, and operations of core engineering teams that build Confluent's industry-leading Kafka platform. The Confluent Cloud Brokers, Networking and Security will be your primary focus. As a key leader, you will play a significant role in the ongoing transformation of the Kafka platform, driving innovation and outpacing competitors. You will be responsible for operating our cloud platform at scale.
What You Will Do:
- Lead a highly productive, global team of software engineers and engineering leaders
- Drive the long-term direction and strategy of Confluent and Kafka, while partnering with internal stakeholders to drive the team's mission forward
- Create competitive advantages for Confluent and Kafka by driving technical innovation
- Work closely with peer engineering leaders to prioritize improvements in all these areas - from a culture of continuous improvement to prioritizing large and high-impact initiatives that will fundamentally change Kafka.
- Continue a strong growth trajectory by hiring top tier engineers, and establish quality standards, design principles, and operational maturity for the team
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- 3+ years of second-level engineering management experience leading productive, high-functioning teams.
- Maintain a high hiring bar while recruiting, motivating engineers, coaching/mentoring, and managing performance.
- Experience with running large stateful data systems in the cloud.
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
- A great track record of shipping features and hitting deadlines consistently.
- Sense of urgency, an aggressive mindset towards achieving results, and excellent prioritization skills.
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Able to anticipate future technical needs for the product and craft plans to realize them, guided by our customers.
- Preferred experience running production services in public clouds
- Ability to influence the team, peers, and upper management using effective communication and collaborative techniques. Focus on building and maintaining a culture of collaboration within the team.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILSIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
