Confluent
Data Streaming Platform
DirectorEngineering,Traffic&Networking
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“Director Engineering, Traffic & Networking at Confluent. Skills: Traffic & Networking, network orchestration layer, control-plane, networking APIs, programmable interface, cloud infrastructure, cloud networking, distributed cloud native applications, SaaS products and platforms. engineering the foundational fabric that facilitates the movement of vast data volumes between customer sources and our data streaming platform. ensures secure, private, and high-performance connectivity across AWS, Azur”
What You'll Achieve.
build differentiation and bring value to our real time streaming customers
Industry & Context.
abstracting the complexities of cross-cloud and cross-region connectivity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years of experience leading relatively large (12 or greater) highly technical teams, Deep technical understanding of cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, cloud networking, A background in developing and leading teams that specialize in building high scalable distributed cloud native applications, Experience building SaaS products and platforms
Nice to Have
Understanding cloud networking, especially as a user of cloud infrastructure across the three hyper scalers, Experience running cloud hosted services, especially enterprise applications, A background in real time streaming infrastructure and data processing infrastructure, A Masters/PhD in Computer Science or a related field
What You'll Do.
engineering the foundational fabric that facilitates the movement of vast data volumes between customer sources and our data streaming platform
and high-performance connectivity across AWS
and GCP with minimal latency and optimized costs
bridging all three major hyper-scalers
we empower streaming application teams to develop a globally distributed
real-time platform capable of processing and replicating data across nearly any geographic region
lead the Traffic Control-Plane team in managing a highly resilient
multi-cloud network orchestration layer
governs the entire lifecycle of the traffic data-plane
provides customers with networking APIs for seamless integration with Confluent Cloud
offers a programmable interface for our developers
simplifying the creation of multi-cloud applications by abstracting the complexities of cross-cloud and cross-region connectivity
Manage a globally distributed team that is responsible for the programmable interface of our networking fabric
Act as a technical lead for the team driving vision
and execution on various projects
Mentor managers as well as ICs
helping them become domain experts in various technologies and products that build our networking fabric as well as enable our customer’s data streaming use-cases
Drive cross-team projects
across various product pillars
that have company wide impact in delivering innovative capabilities on our platform and that build differentiation and bring value to our real time streaming customers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Drive cross-team projects, across various product pillars, that have company wide impact
Communication Scope
give honest feedback
Process & Methodology
driving vision, roadmap, and execution on various projects
Full 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: The Traffic & Networking organization is responsible for engineering the foundational fabric that facilitates the movement of vast data volumes between customer sources and our data streaming platform. Our infrastructure ensures secure, private, and high-performance connectivity across AWS, Azure, and GCP with minimal latency and optimized costs. By bridging all three major hyper-scalers, we empower streaming application teams to develop a globally distributed, real-time platform capable of processing and replicating data across nearly any geographic region. In the role of Engineering Director for Traffic & Networking, you will lead the Traffic Control-Plane team in managing a highly resilient, multi-cloud network orchestration layer. Serving as the central intelligence of our global fabric, the control-plane governs the entire lifecycle of the traffic data-plane and provides customers with networking APIs for seamless integration with Confluent Cloud. Additionally, it offers a programmable interface for our developers, simplifying the creation of multi-cloud applications by abstracting the complexities of cross-cloud and cross-region connectivity. WHAT YOU WILL DO: - Manage a globally distributed team that is responsible for the programmable interface of our networking fabric. - Act as a technical lead for the team driving vision, roadmap, and execution on vario
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