confluent

Senior Systems Applications Developer

confluent

Remote job description

Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever found a new favorite series on Netflix, picked up groceries curbside at Walmart, or paid for something using Square? That's the power of data in motion in action-giving organizations instant access to the massive amounts of data that is constantly flowing throughout their business. At Confluent, we're building the foundational platform for this new paradigm of data infrastructure. Our cloud-native offering is designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, organizations can create a central nervous system to innovate and win in a digital-first world.

We're looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Confluent's enormous potential. Chart your own path and take healthy risks as we solve big problems together. We value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we grow-whether you're just starting out in your career or managing a large team, you'll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.

About the role:

The Support Strategy, Engineering, and Operations team at Confluent directly supports the Global Support & Success Engineering (GSSE) group and is charged with the development and maintenance of support systems required for scaling a high-volume enterprise support offering. The work done by the team is aimed at creating a differentiated, world-class technical support offering that increases customer satisfaction and retention.

US Citizenship is highly desired for this role.

What you will do:

  • Drive the design and development of the suite of internal tools used by Confluent Support Engineers to help them efficiently support Confluent's enterprise customers
  • Work directly with Confluent Support Engineers to understand use cases and requirements, and to translate these into technical designs
  • Work with the core Confluent Engineering team to ensure alignment both from a technical and product portfolio perspective
  • Provide design guidance and technical review for project contributions from the internal community of Confluent Support Engineers
  • Work with other internal business systems teams at Confluent to ensure support systems provide consistent integration and data governance

What you will bring:

  • 5+ years of software design and development skills
  • Strong proficiency with at least one major programming language (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Go, Java)
  • Experience with back-end development, including data management and API integration, for at least one common support platform (e.g., Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud, Freshdesk)
  • Generalist mindset with the desire and ability to ramp on new technologies quickly and efficiently
  • Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, etc.)

What Gives You An Edge:

  • Experience working directly with Technical Support team members to scope and test custom software solutions
  • Understanding of DevOps & Infrastructure Management
  • Interest and excitement with developing tools and solutions that directly improve customer experience
  • Working knowledge of continuous integration/delivery and configuration management automation tools (e.g. Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
  • Experience with API integration development for common enterprise business systems, such as Salesforce
  • Working knowledge of database and messaging systems (e.g. PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, etc.)

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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.

Confluent requires all employees (in office and remote) in the U.S. to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Consistent with federal, state, and local requirements, Confluent will consider requests for reasonable accommodation based on medical conditions/contraindications or sincerely-held religious beliefs where it is able to do so without undue hardship to the company.

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Summary
Company name: confluent
Remote job title: Senior Systems Applications Developer
Job tags: open-source, big data, infrastructure

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