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 charter of the Confluent Platform CP team has been continuously evolving and expanding since its inception As a leader you will be responsible for building running and scaling teams that contribute to this ever-growing charter Our goal is to create teams that bring fresh ideas innovative technologies and deep expertise to support self-managed CP customer deployments This role requires the ability to define and drive open-ended strategy not simply execute on a fixed list of requirements You will be expected to explore experiment and deliver solutions that maximize customer value Building such high-impact engineering teams means balancing operational and engineering excellence with shaping the roadmap vision and long-term direction You will collaborate across the organization to align on priorities advance the roadmap and turn vision into reality Charter In today s world businesses need real-time streaming systems to react and make decisions at scale Building for such use cases requires a robust data streaming platform Confluent leads the industry in data-in-motion with Confluent Platform as its flagship product Our goal is to make this platform and our expertise accessible to everyone whether in private clouds or the open-source tech community Strategic Priorities Deliver the full Confluent experience on private cloud Strengthen customer value by providing a robust product roadmap timely security fixes and reliable support helping them maximize existing private data center investments Note CP contributed 50 of Confluent s revenue in 2023 Enable customers to benefit from Confluent Cloud innovations alongside private cloud deployments through connected cloud features Build mindshare within the tech community through Confluent Platform Enhance the Kafka and Confluent developer experience What You Will Do You will work with a team of engineers and architects and manager s to help evolve the Confluent Platform Work closely with product management engineering leadership and other key stakeholders across various teams in Confluent to build and drive the overall roadmap Influence the overall domain health and operational hygiene for the Confluent Platform We are looking for you to be a leader for driving our Hybrid strategy as the first goal Hybrid requires close collaboration across a minimum of 6-7 teams across the globe and timezones This is a multi-year initiative to drive CP revenue with new acquisitions and renewal Hybrid is one of the key initiatives that the Confluent leadership team is fired-up about and actively driving across the organization What You Will Bring 14 years of experience in software development and engineering 5 years of engineering management experience leading high-performing productive teams Proven ability to hire and maintain a high talent bar motivate engineers provide coaching mentorship and manage performance effectively Solid track record of delivering features on time with consistency adept at working with urgency building iteratively prioritizing effectively and anticipating future technical needs Skilled at influencing teams peers and leadership through effective communication and collaboration committed to building and sustaining a culture of teamwork and excellence Excellent communication skills self-driven and highly effective in cross-functional environments Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and operations hands-on experience with Kafka or similar high-scale event streaming platforms Solid background working with large-scale private and public cloud environments Ready to build what s next Let s get in motion Come As You Are Belonging isn t a perk here It s the baseline We work across time zones and backgrounds knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives And we make space for everyone to lead grow and challenge what s possible We re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other classification protected by law