Senior Engineering Manager, Flink Control Plane

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ConfluentData Streaming
Remote, CaliforniaFull-TimeManager
Salary271,500 - 319,000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
10+ years in software development with at least 5+ years in engineering management
Required Skills
KubernetesSoftware ArchitectureDistributed Systems

Requirements

  • 10+ years in software development.
  • 5+ years in engineering management in cloud-native infrastructure or managed services.
  • Deep knowledge of distributed systems orchestration (Kubernetes operators, controller patterns, declarative API servers).
  • Experience with multi-tenant resource isolation.
  • Experience scaling control planes for managed cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.).
  • Proven track record of hiring and managing performance.
  • Mindset geared toward operational excellence and resilient technical foundations.
  • Exceptional ability to influence peers and upper management.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Own the overall roadmap and execution for the Flink Control Plane.
  • Define strategy for job orchestration and serverless resource management.
  • Lead migration of the control plane onto Confluent's platform foundations.
  • Drive major component refactors to improve reliability, security, and scale.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and product management on product definition and design.
  • Drive evolution to support 10x growth in compute pools and tenants.
  • Manage and coach a team, providing mentorship to develop leadership skills.
  • Drive cross-team efforts to solve distributed system challenges.
  • Lead maintenance of code quality, test coverage, and on-call rotation.
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