Senior Principal Architect for Real-Time Data Platform

Confluent is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to own the Background Plane strategy, shaping the architecture for scalable, secure data streaming platforms. You will lead end-to-end design, drive cross-team collaboration, and mentor senior engineers while influencing executive-level decisions.

This individual contributor role spans cloud storage, control planes, and site reliability engineering, with a focus on high-availability systems that support massive, real-time data streams for