Staff Software Engineer – Flink SQL

🕒 October 18, 2025

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $230.8k - $271.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Confluent

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2014

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

💰 Secondary Market on 2021-06

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • Cloud Computing

Confluent is a company that specializes in data streaming platforms which turn real-time data events into actionable outcomes. Their solutions enable the development of intelligent, real-time applications, empowering teams and systems to respond to data instantly. Confluent builds a new data category that impacts the real world by providing the infrastructure for real-time data streaming, which is recognized and partnered with major tech companies like Google Cloud and Microsoft. The company maintains a remote-first culture, hiring talent from over 25 countries, and values diversity and inclusivity in their workplace.

📋 Description

• Work on the next iterations of Flink SQL components such as logical query planner, parser, optimizer and SQL runtime on Confluent Cloud. • Responsible for the code quality, test coverage, documentation and maintainability of the components. • Design components and draft designs, discuss them and curate decisions with stakeholders. • Contribute to relevant changes and features to Open Source Apache Flink. • Write blog posts and give talks at meetups and conferences to strengthen Confluent Cloud as industry experts for stream processing. • Participate in team meetings and initiatives, including on-call rotations. • Mentor other engineers and junior developers.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant software development experience. • Deep knowledge of database internals, especially around query planning and optimization. • Extensive experience in software development, including hands-on experience in designing and development of complex distributed systems. • Strong problem-solving skills, capable of translating complex requirements into effective solutions. • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate across teams. • Active involvement in stream processing communities, conferences, and a strong network within the industry.

🏖️ Benefits

• Offers Equity