Senior Solutions Engineer - Kafka Connect - Confluent

With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day - we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day. One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform. Data Connects Us. **About the Role:** We're looking for a seasoned technologist to join our Advanced Technology Team, a specialist group within Confluent that focuses on the deep technical aspects of Kafka and distributed systems. As a technical advisor to the sales team, you will collaborate closely with product management and engineering, serving as a product advocate to prospects and customers. This role demands expertise in Kafka, pre-sales engineering, and distributed systems. Ideal candidates may come from backgrounds such as Technical Account Managers, Sales Engineers, or Professional Services. **What You Will Do:** + Engage with Customers: Understand clients' challenges, helping them design distributed data architectures using Kafka, Kafka Connect, and distributed data processing. + Provide Technical Expertise: Assist the sales team in architecture, deployment, and optimization of customer data streaming platforms, integrating Kafka and real-time processing. + Collaborate Across Teams: Work with sales, product management, and engineering teams to turn customer feedback into product improvements. + Educational Outreach: Lead workshops and technical sessions on the advanced capabilities of Kafka, Kafka Connect, and related data integration tools. + Refine Messaging: Continuously improve and adapt messaging on Kafka and streaming solutions based on field feedback, Bring back lessons learned in the field and collaborate with product management, marketing, and enablement teams to incorporate them in a cycle of continuous improvement. **What You Will Bring:** + Become a trusted advisor for Software Engineers, Architects, and Executives, driving platform adoption. + Hands-on experience architecting complex, enterprise-level data streaming solutions. + Experience with Kafka, Distributed systems, CDC Connectors, RDBMS or NoSQL databases, and ETL tools in enterprise environments. + Ability to quickly learn and adapt to emerging technologies, particularly in the Kafka ecosystem. + Familiarity with Java or Python, and knowledge of building ETL applications. + 7+ Experience as a Solutions Engineer or Technical Account Manager. + Experience operating within and across cross-functional teams including product management, engineering, sales, marketing, etc. **What Gives You an Edge:** + Extensive knowledge of Kafka Connect, distributed data pipelines, and cloud integration (AWS, GCP, Azure). + Experience working in cross-functional teams. + Expertise in designing and implementing distributed streaming systems for Fortune 1000 companies. **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 $132,400 - $155,610 , a competitive equity package and is also eligible for additional commission and/or bonus pay. 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 (https://confluentbenefits.com/) . Click HERE (https://www.confluent.io/legal/confluent-candidate-privacy-notice/) to review our Candidate Privacy Notice which describes how and when Confluent, Inc., and its group companies, collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of California job applicants and prospective employees. \#LI-Remote