Principal Engineer, Security Platform
We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them. It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together. One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform. About the Role: As a Principal Engineer of Confluent's Security Platform, you will work closely with the team and other key stakeholders across the company to design, architect and build secure, multi-cloud, external and internal security controls that keep our customer’s data safe as well as enable new business opportunities across Confluent Cloud (including Kafka, Flink, Connect and more). As a senior technical leader, you think strategically and help drive end-to-end technical delivery from great customer experience to amazing operations. You’re not confined to the status quo and you leverage your expertise in cloud-native, high-scale distributed systems to help take our platform to the next level. You’re an owner who understands the high operational bar for security systems, and you make sure all the details (availability, reliability, performance, monitoring, emergency response, capacity planning, disaster recovery) have been thought about. If you’re passionate about security and love thinking about how to enable customers and want to have a big influence on overall platform architecture, you’ll fit right in. What You Will Do: Be part of driving the overall technical charter for the Security Platform -- including external and internal and security systems and cloud infrastructure Work closely with product and engineering management to build and drive the overall roadmap for Confluent’s Security Platform to enable new business opportunities Design and deliver high impact, security controls that protect Confluent and its customers across all cloud providers and regions we operate in Be as a strong technical leader and representative for the Security Platform across the company Lead and mentor the team on all aspects of product definition, architectural design, and delivery Be an advisor to other Confluent teams on how to secure their customer’s data and applications What You Will Bring: 15+ years of experience in delivering scalable software solutions Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, highly available, high throughput, low latency systems Deep expertise in cloud-based security and networking Deep hands-on expertise in high-scale distributed systems engineering Expertise in large-scale operations & best practices Expertise in multiple Programming Languages (Java, Go, Python) Experience in driving operational excellence for large, production services Track record of providing technical mentoring and leadership Track record of working collaboratively across teams and roles, including but not limited to product management, UX, and other engineering teams and leaders Ready to build what's next? Let’s get in motion. Come As You Are Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on 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 law.