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 team:
The Monetization Platform team sits at the heart of Confluent’s business strategy, enabling the company to grow by monetizing products and features across Confluent Cloud - a fully managed multi-cloud solution. Our mission is to build a flexible, accurate, performant, and robust monetization platform responsible for supporting flexible pricing and payments, on-demand bill generation, etc. allowing Confluent to define and sell products globally.
In this role, you will build accurate, reliable, scalable, and functionally rich systems in the cloud to support usage-based billing and pricing in the cloud that powers Confluentâs revenue across all products and global markets. You will get an opportunity to work on business-critical flows from ideation to completion by closely collaborating with Product Managers, different engineering and business teams.
If You Are:
Smart, humble, and empathetic
Have a strong sense of teamwork and put teamâs and company's interests first
Driven and excited about the challenges of a fast-paced, innovative software startup environment
A hands-on engineer who enjoys working with loosely coupled distributed systems
Self-driven and highly motivated to deliver a high-quality solution with accuracy
Able to work in an agile environment and adapt to changing business requirements
Believe in test-driven development
Excited about learning and adapting to emerging new technologies
Enjoy and take pride in working on projects to successful completion involving different technologies and systems
Have a high bar when working with production systems
What We're Looking For:
At least 8 years of relevant experience
Experience in architecting, designing, and developing highly scalable and performant backend services
Proficiency in a major programming language e.g.Go,Java, C / C++, etc.
Experience of working on Kubernetes, Public Clouds - AWS, GCP, & Azure
Familiarity with Kafka, Streaming, SaaS platform development
Deep knowledge of designing distributed systems in the Cloud
Experience in running production services in Public Clouds, with a drive towards quality, accuracy, and operational excellence
Strong problem-solving and analytical/critical thinking skills with attention to details
A strategic engineer who constantly thinks of operational improvements of the service to meet availability and performance SLA
Comfortable with troubleshooting technical issues across services and multi-level technical stacks that includes microservices, containers, and virtualization
Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science, like discipline, or commensurate work experience
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.
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Skills Required
- At least 8 years of relevant experience
- Experience in architecting, designing, and developing highly scalable backend services
- Proficiency in a major programming language
- Experience with Kubernetes and Public Clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Familiarity with Kafka and Streaming
- Deep knowledge of designing distributed systems in the Cloud
- Experience in running production services in Public Clouds
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
Confluent Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Confluent and has not been reviewed or approved by Confluent.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is positioned as competitive to market-leading for engineering, product, and senior go-to-market roles, with broad satisfaction signals across much of the company. Compensation is framed as a structured package spanning base salary plus variable pay and equity components.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation via RSUs is repeatedly described as a meaningful part of total rewards, often cited as a generous contributor to overall package strength. Refresher grants and ongoing equity awards are also highlighted as part of the ownership proposition.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-away programs are presented as comprehensive, including flexible/unlimited PTO, volunteer time off, and periodic company-wide recharge days. Philanthropy programs such as donation matching further broaden the non-cash rewards experience.
Confluent Insights
What We Do
Your data shouldn’t be a problem to manage. It should be your superpower. The Confluent data streaming platform transforms organizations with trustworthy, real-time data that seamlessly spans your entire environment and powers innovation across every use case. Create smarter, deploy faster, and maximize efficiency with a true data streaming platform from the pioneers in data streaming. Learn more at confluent.io.
Why Work With Us
At Confluent, we’re not just building better tech, we’re rewriting how data moves. No egos, no solo acts - just smart, curious people pushing toward something bigger, together. Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. Work from anywhere. Build with everyone. One Confluent. One team. whole new way of making data flow.
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