Senior Site Reliability Engineer Job in Confluent

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Job Summary < Back to search for jobsConfluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever found a new favourite 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 organisations 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 organisation. With Confluent, organisations 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 energised to roll up their sleeves and help realise 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 Team:The next big goal for the company is to make it as easy as possible for anyone in the world to use Confluent s products, including Kafka, to build their next killer streaming application. To do that we need to offer Confluent s products as a Platform as a Service. (PaaS). In order for this product to be successful we absolutely have to build a world class team of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) that are passionate about running large scale, multi-tenant distributed data systems for customers that expect a very high level of availability.
About the Role:As a Confluent SRE, you will be working alongside the rest of the Confluent engineers to build our PaaS product. You, and the rest of the SRE team, will be responsible for the availability, performance, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning of the Confluent cloud. If you love the hum of big data systems, thinking about how to make them run as smoothly as possible, and want to have a big influence on the architecture plus operational design points of this new product, then you will fit right in.

Who You Are:

  • Smart, humble, and empathetic
  • Have a strong sense of teamwork and put team s and company s interests first
  • Driven and excited about challenges of a fast-paced, innovative software startup environment

What We're Looking For:

  • 7+ years experience in Site Reliability Engineering to create scalable and highly reliable systems.
  • Solid experience working with large private or public clouds
  • Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and operation
  • Experience building automation to operate large-scale data systems
  • A self starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
  • Excellent spoken / written communication
  • Preferred proficiency with Go, Java and/or C
  • Experience using Apache Kafka is a big plus
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field 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.
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Experience Required :

Minimum 7 Years

Vacancy :

2 - 4 Hires

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