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:Solutions Engineers at Confluent drive not only the early-stage evaluation within the sales process, but also play a crucial role in enabling ongoing value-realization for customers, all while helping them move up the adoption maturity curve. In this role you’ll partner with Account Executives to be the key technical advisor in service of the customers. You’ll be instrumental in surfacing the customers’ stated or implicit Business Needs, and coming up with Technical Designs to best meet these needs. You may find yourself at times facilitating art of the possible discussions and storytelling to inspire customers in adopting new patterns with confidence, and at other times driving creative solutioning to help get past difficult technical roadblocks. Overall, we look upon Solutions Engineers to be a key cog within the Customer Success Team that help foster an environment of sustained success for the customer and incremental adoption of Confluent’s Technology.
What You Will Do:Help advance new & innovative Data Streaming use-cases from conception to Go-Live
Execute on and lead Technical Proofs of Concept
Conduct Discovery & Whiteboard Sessions to develop new use-cases
Provide Thought Leadership by delivering Technical Talks and Workshops
Guide customers with hands-on help and best practice to drive operational maturity of their Confluent Deployment
Analyze Customer Consumption trends and identify Optimization opportunities
Work closely with Product and Engineering teams, and serve as a key Product advocate across the Customer, Partner and Industry ecosystem
Forge strong relationships with key customer stakeholders and serve as a dependable partner for them
5+ years of Solutions Engineering or similar work experience
Experience with Event-Driven architecture, Data Integration & Processing Techniques, Database & Data Warehouse technologies
First-Hand exposure to Cloud Architecture, Migrations, Deployment & Application Development
Experience with Automation, GitOps and Kubernetes
Proficiency in Java, Python or SQL
Technical certifications - Cloud Developer/Architect, Data Engineering & Integration
Clear, consistent demonstration of self-starter behavior, a desire to learn new things and tackle hard technical problems
Exceptional presentation and communications capabilities.
Confidence presenting to a highly skilled and experienced audience, ranging from developers to enterprise architects and up to C-level executives
Fluency in Spanish
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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What We Do
Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Our cloud-native offering is the foundational platform for data in motion --- designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, our customers can meet the new business imperative of delivering rich, digital customer experiences and real-time business operations. Our mission is to help every organization harness data in motion so they can compete and thrive in the modern world.
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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