Confluent - Distributed Systems Software Engineer - WarpStream (UK)

Location: Remote in the United Kingdom; the role is based in London/Hursley and some travel may be required based on business demand.

Company

hirify.global Software develops AI-powered, cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, and data platforms for enterprise clients.

What you will do

• Drive complex technical projects independently from design through delivery.
• Build, architect, develop, and operationalize mission-critical backend services that are high-performance, scalable, reliable, and resilient.
• Work on WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible data streaming platform built on object storage with zero local disks and delivered as a BYOC-style offering.
• Improve the Agents storage engine and the scalability of the multi-tenant control plane; implement features including transactions and active-active multi-region clusters.
• Troubleshoot and debug microservices, containers, virtualization, and network-level issues across a deep technical stack.
• Ensure operational readiness and meet customer availability and performance SLA commitments, including on-call support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 4+ years of industry experience designing, building, scaling, and supporting backend systems in production.
• Solid software engineering practices, including code reviews, focus on quality, and documentation.
• Strong programming and algorithmic skills with proficiency in a major programming language such as Java, Go, C/C++, or Python.
• Deep curiosity and enthusiasm for distributed systems and storage systems.
• Strong project delivery and communication skills.
• Experience driving operational excellence for large production services.
• Customer centricity, teamwork, technical leadership, mentorship, and commitment to team and company success.

Nice to have

• Master’s Degree.
• Track record of delivering large-scale, highly available, high-quality systems.
• Hands-on expertise in large-scale systems engineering or distributed systems.
• Experience handling critical systems on call.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with a geographically distributed engineering team.
• Work in a small team of fewer than 15 engineers across the full stack.
• Opportunities for learning, career development, experimentation, feedback, and collaboration.
• Work across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments.
• Some travel may be required based on business demand.

Hiring process

• Submit an application; discuss additional location requirements with the recruiter after submission.