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Senior Engineer Confluent Marketplace Partner Applied Solution
Software Engineer
Senior Engineer focused on building robust, cloud‑native APIs for the Confluent Marketplace, leveraging Kafka and SaaS best practices to deliver scalable, high‑performance solutions.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high‑throughput, fault‑tolerant APIs that expose Confluent Marketplace services to external partners.
- Architect and implement cloud‑native solutions on AWS/GCP/Azure, ensuring scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate with product, data, and security teams to define API contracts, data models, and compliance requirements.
- Write clean, well‑tested code in Java/Python, following industry best practices and coding standards.
- Participate in code reviews, performance tuning, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience with a strong focus on API development.
- Deep knowledge of Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, and event‑driven architectures.
- Proficiency in cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and experience building SaaS products.
- Strong understanding of security, authentication, and authorization mechanisms for APIs.
- Excellent problem‑solving skills and a collaborative mindset.