Solutions Engineer

Description

Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever found a new favorite series on Netflix, picked up groceries curbside at Walmart, or paid for something using Square? That’s the power of data in motion in action—giving organizations instant access to the massive amounts of data that is constantly flowing throughout their business. At Confluent, we’re building the foundational platform for this new paradigm of data infrastructure. Our cloud-native offering is designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, organizations can create a central nervous system to innovate and win in a digital-first world.

We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Confluent’s enormous potential. Chart your own path and take healthy risks as we solve big problems together. We value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we grow—whether you’re just starting out in your career or managing a large team, you’ll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.

About the Role:

We are an overlay team within the Confluent Solutions Engineering practice tasked with supporting the larger Confluent Solutions Engineering community and Confluent customers in their customer journey. Our role is to help scale the Solutions Engineering teams through high quality service delivery that augments the Solutions engineering function across the entire customer engagement lifecycle. 

What You Will Do:

• Develop a deep expertise in Confluent’s technology and knowledge around how streaming applications are built using the Confluent’s services.
• Architect, build and maintain reusable artifacts such as tools, prototypes, demos, workshops, architecture blueprints and much more!
• Interface and work with Confluent solutions engineers to gather requirements, and use those as  inputs to build POC/Pilot solutions. Provide additional offline support during POC/Pilot.
• Interface and work with Confluent solutions engineers to build monthly customer health reports, Quarterly Business Reviews, Quarterly Technical Reviews, and more! Provide additional offline support during continuous customer engagement. .
• Interface and work with Confluent AEs and SDRs, and deliver standard demos and platform walkthroughs to prospects and evangelize the Confluent value proposition.
• Deliver 1-1 support to Confluent’s Startup Community for use case identification, initial blueprinting and use case deployment.
• Capture and share best-practices knowledge amongst the team.

What You Will Bring:

• Technical degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent.
• 1-4 years of experience in the  job offered, or related occupation.
• Knowledge about distributed systems, infrastructure software like databases, message queues, Kubernetes, serverless, API gateways, cloud networking constructs and/or Big Data products
• Understanding of systems operations concepts (disk, network, operating systems, etc.).
• Knowledge of working with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and/or Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Knowledge of multiple, modern development languages such as Python, Go and Node.js.
• Working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies.
• Experience with configuration management, infrastructure automation and CI/CD tooling.
• Exceptional presentation and communications capabilities.
• High level of comfort communicating effectively across internal and external organizations.

What Gives You an Edge:

Come As You Are

At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of 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 applicable law.

At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location.  This position has an annual estimated salary of $66,800-$76,860, an annual bonus, and a competitive equity package. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE.

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