Senior Software Engineer II - Kora Compute
Company: Confluent
Location: San Diego
Posted on: February 17, 2026
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Job Description:
We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data
moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data
doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion,
streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build
smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around
them. It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those
who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each
other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing
toward something bigger, together. One Confluent. One Team. One
Data Streaming Platform. About the Role: We are a team of
passionate engineers who love solving complex distributed systems
and infrastructure problems. We are building Kora from the ground
up to be a true managed service for clients who demand high levels
of availability and performance at the lowest cost of ownership. In
this role, you will be working on building highly available,
reliable, secure, scalable, and multi-tenant Koras compute layer.
You will be instrumental in driving the technical solutions
end-to-end, working closely with the team and key stakeholders to
design, architect, and develop top-notch solutions. Here are
examples of some of the challenges weve taken on in recent years: •
Kora: A Cloud-Native Event Streaming Platform For Kafka • Apache
Kafkas Next-Gen Rebalance Protocol: Towards More Stable and
Scalable Consumer Groups • From On-Prem to Cloud-Native:
Multi-Tenancy in Confluent Cloud • Speed, Scale, Storage: Our
Journey from Apache Kafka to Performance in Confluent Cloud •
Benchmarking Confluent Cloud What You Will Do: • Driven and excited
about challenges of delivering complex projects in production with
a focus on quality • Customer focused - making customers more
successful by taking on their most challenging problems motivates
you • Have a strong sense of teamwork and able to make decisions
which benefit the team and company • Identify root causes, and get
beyond treating symptoms - motivated to dig deep and solve hard
problems What You Will Bring: • BS, MS, or PhD in computer science
or a related field, or equivalent work experience • 4 years of
relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience • Strong
fundamentals in distributed systems design and development •
Experience building and operating large-scale systems in the Cloud
• Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network,
operating systems, etc) • A self starter with the ability to work
effectively in teams • Proficiency in Java, Scala, C/C++, Go or
other statically typed languages What Gives You an Edge: • In-depth
familiarity with the JVM • A strong background in distributed
storage systems or databases • Experience in the areas of resource
management and QoS • Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS,
Azure or GCP) • Interest in evangelism (giving talks at tech
conferences, writing blog posts evangelizing Kafka) • Experience
working on databases or data storage
Keywords: Confluent, Fullerton , Senior Software Engineer II - Kora Compute, IT / Software / Systems , San Diego, California
