Software Engineer - Confluent Stream Processing & Analystics

• Strong coding fundamentals: Proficient in at least one programming language with solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and time/space complexity.
• Problem solving ability: Can independently solve medium complexity coding problems, debug issues, and break down ambiguous requirements into actionable tasks.
• Clean engineering practices: Writes readable, maintainable code, uses Git effectively, and follows code review and testing best practices.
• Backend/API and database basics: Understands REST APIs, HTTP fundamentals, SQL, and basic system design concepts such as client server architecture and caching.
• Ownership and learning mindset: Takes initiative, seeks feedback, learns quickly, and can deliver assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication and collaboration: Communicates progress, asks thoughtful questions when blocked, and works effectively within an agile team.

Hands on software development experience (new grads welcome)

Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking, and operating systems

Ability to write clean, maintainable, well tested code in at least one modern language (Java, Go, or similar)

Curiosity about distributed systems and how large scale services like Kafka are designed and operated

A self starter mindset - comfortable asking questions, seeking feedback, and iterating based on code review

Strong communication skills and willingness to collaborate closely with a small team

Coursework or projects involving Apache Kafka, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure

Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Contributions to open source projects. - Interest in observability or platform engineering

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