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The role involves designing, implementing, and operating cloud services that enable Confluent engineers to build, test, and operate at scale.\r\nResponsibilities\r\nDesign, build, and operate internal platform services and tools to improve developer experience and engineering velocity.\r\nContribute to features and projects, working with engineers and stakeholders to shape solutions, implement them, and support production and pre-prod environments.\r\nApply knowledge of cloud-native, distributed systems to write quality code, review peers' work, and take ownership of components.\r\nEvaluate AI-assisted developer workflows, run experiments, and integrate useful tools with guardrails (coding assistants, test caching, workflow optimization).\r\nBuild and maintain foundational developer infrastructure: source-code repository management, build automation, artifact management, containerization, CI/CD pipelines.\r\nImplement features for secure, multi-tenant services that accelerate the SDLC (service bootstrapping, test infrastructure, developer portals).\r\nParticipate in design and code reviews, contribute design docs, and incorporate feedback.\r\nSupport on-call rotation, follow runbooks for production operations, write clear documentation, and collaborate to unblock cross-team efforts.\r\nQualifications\r\nBachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field; Master's preferred.\r\n3+ years of professional software engineering experience building cloud services, platforms, or distributed systems.\r\nSolid grasp of algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems fundamentals.\r\nProficiency in at least one statically-typed language (Java, Go) and a scripting language (Python).\r\nHands-on experience with CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), containers, and at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).\r\nExperience with source control (Git) and build frameworks (Maven, Gradle, Bazel).\r\nWrite code with appropriate testing, logging, and error handling; comfortable running production operations and on-call duties.\r\nClear written and verbal communication; constructive participation in design discussions and PR reviews.\r\nInterest in integrating AI/ML or LLM-based capabilities into developer or platform workflows; prior AI experience not required.\r\nPreferred Technical Experience\r\nHands-on experience building or integrating AI-powered developer tools (code assistants, anomaly detection, intelligent test selection).\r\nExperience with configuration management and IaC tools, and secrets management (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, Vault).\r\nWorking knowledge of databases, caching, and messaging systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka).\r\nBenefits\r\nHealthcare benefits (medical, prescription, dental, vision, mental health).\r\nFinancial programs (401(k), pension, stock purchase plan, life insurance, disability).\r\nPaid time off: holidays, sick time, vacation, parental bonding leave; paid family leave where required.\r\nTraining and educational resources via AI-driven learning platform.\r\nEmployee resource groups, volunteer opportunities, retail discounts.\r\nEEO Statement\r\nIBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. 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