Senior Software Development Manager - Confluent
IBM · Posted Oct 15
Hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence, enterprise software, quantum computing, and IT consulting services
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About the role
IBM Software builds AI-powered, cloud-native products, and this role sits within the Confluent/Kafka engineering organization. The team builds features, enhances performance, and delivers high-quality Kafka releases. As a Senior Software Development Manager, you will lead a team of engineers, overseeing both technical delivery and people leadership while partnering with Architects, Product Managers, and organizational leaders on complex distributed systems challenges at scale.
What you will do
- Drive execution on complex projects, dive deep, make tradeoffs and deliver a delightful experience for our customers.
- Look ahead and drive the direction of the product working with the Product team.
- Lead & Mentor: Grow, coach, and nurture a high-performance team. You will be responsible for hiring, performance management, and keeping a high bar for talent. Create an environment where engineers can do their best work—through clear expectations, coaching, feedback, and career development.
- Foster Operational Excellence: Champion a strong culture of ownership and continuous improvement. You will lead effective root cause analyses and implement corrective actions to improve the security, reliability, and performance of your services.
- Collaborate & Influence: Work closely with product management, engineering leadership, and stakeholders across Confluent. You will align roadmaps and foster strong partnerships to solve complex challenges that cross organizational boundaries.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 11+ years in software development and 2+ years in an engineering management role.
- Strong understanding of systems concepts including performance characteristics, features of real time systems
- Ability to read and review code and designs in languages commonly used at Confluent (e.g., Java, Go, or similar).
- High judgement on technical directions to take, evaluate the complexity of projects and accurately estimate resources.
- Experience designing and operating resilient systems at scale, in the three major CSPs (AWS, Azure, GCP), with a proven track record of “seeing around corners” to reduce complexity and create critical enduring technical foundations.
- A track record of leading and nurturing high-performance teams, with strong collaboration skills and the ability to execute against complex, cross-functional roadmaps.
- Experience on Apache Kafka.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a global technology and consulting company that provides hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence, and enterprise infrastructure solutions. Operating in over 175 countries, IBM helps businesses across industries modernize operations, secure data, and drive digital transformation through platforms like watsonx and Red Hat OpenShift. Founded over a century ago, the company remains a pioneer in high-performance computing, enterprise automation, and quantum technology.
- Industry
- Information Technology
- Company size
- 260,000+ employees
- Founded
- June 16, 1911
- Location
- Armonk, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $3.5B raised
- ·Post Ipo Debt$150M
Leadership
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President, Software and Chief Commercial Officer
Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
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