Staff Software Engineer I – Internal Access Management

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Confluent

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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.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2014

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

💰 Secondary Market on 2021-06

📋 Description

• Define and drive the long-term architecture and roadmap for Internal Access Management across Kubernetes and multi-cloud environments. • Architect and implement least privilege, just-in-time access, and zero-trust models across Confluent services. • Build and evolve scalable access-authorization workflows and lifecycle management systems using technologies such as SPIFFE/SPIRE, OPA, cloud IAM policies, workload identity, and internal enforcement engines. • Strengthen security boundaries through threat modeling, defense-in-depth practices, and comprehensive access-auditing capabilities. • Partner with cross-functional teams—including Platform, Kafka, Observability, Developer Productivity, Release Engineering, and SRE—to drive adoption of secure identity and access patterns. • Mentor senior engineers, elevate engineering standards, and influence architectural decisions across the organization. • Communicate complex technical decisions clearly and align stakeholders across engineering and security.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of engineering experience, with 4+ years in security, IAM, or distributed systems. • Deep expertise in Kubernetes, workload identity, cloud IAM (AWS, GCP, Azure), and zero-trust architectures. • Strong understanding of authentication technologies: IAM, OAuth2, OIDC, policy engines, and modern zero-trust principles. • Proven track record leading multi-team technical initiatives at a Staff or Senior Staff level. • Strong knowledge of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, and service mesh. • Excellent communication and stakeholder-influence skills across engineering and security domains.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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.