Senior Software Engineer – Streaming AI (Remote – Ontario/BC)

About the role

As a Software Engineer on the AI team, you will take ownership of the infrastructure that enables our “in‑place, at‑scale” AI value proposition. You will design and operate systems that let customers run complex inference and AI agents directly on streaming data, eliminating the need to move data to external stacks.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate large‑scale, high‑performance infrastructure that powers Confluent Cloud.
• Build foundational software to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency across cloud environments.
• Address distributed‑systems challenges such as consensus algorithms, failover strategies, and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with teams across Confluent to optimize infrastructure for real‑time data streaming use cases.
• Troubleshoot and enhance system reliability, observability, and performance across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Required profile

• 2‑5 years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting backend systems in production.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and networking.
• Experience building and operating large‑scale, high‑availability systems.
• Good understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their services.
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, C++, Go, or other statically typed languages.

Required skills

• Java
• Scala
• C++
• Go
• AWS
• Azure
• GCP