Job Specifications
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
We are looking for a Front-End Software Engineer interested in building engaging and insightful products for managing and visualizing large scale distributed real-time data streams. Data flow is central to how companies operate, and we aim to make that experience intuitive and attractive. As a Front-End Software Engineer, you will be responsible for creating new visualizations and interfaces that scale with Apache Kafka.
More About Our Stack
Our Cloud UI stack is written in Typescript and built based on React.
The UI connects to multiple REST and GraphQL APIs.
We unit test our code with Jest.
We deploy the UI to production every day, with the ability to test each and every commit in production (even PRs) before it goes live.
Feature flags unblock us from coordinating releases with backend teams
Bots keep all of our dependencies up to date
Tech in Toronto! Toronto is an early career engineer hub for Confluent. Your role will be a hybrid working model that introduces you to Confluent's culture and enables faster learning, onboarding, and coaching.
During the first year of employment, all Software Engineers globally will be required to participate in the SWE Onboarding program and go into their Confluent office 2-3 days (days to be determined) per week.
What You Will Do
In this position, you will build engaging and insightful products for managing and visualizing large scale distributed data streams, make data flow intuitive and attractive, and build client-side web applications for data-intensive applications.
You Will
Build new features using advanced knowledge based on user requirements and make revisions to features based on feedback
Build platform as a service (PaaS) product
Take user requirements and vet the application program interface (API) contracts and user interface (UI) wireframes against them.
Work with backend software engineers to understand the API contract and ensure the user experience is not degraded due to performance constraints from the backend APIs.
Work with designers to understand and build components styling, from interactions to specification.
Work with product managers to build a user experience.
Build out a test plan and get sign-off from all stakeholders once development and testing has been completed.
Write, monitor, and manage large scale system deployments.
Triage Cloud incidents and monitor errors from Confluent's Javascript monitoring service.
Triage bugs and troubleshoot production issues.
Participate in the code review processes.
Write tooling to improve day-to-day workflows.
What You Will Bring
Graduated from a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD program in Computer Science, or a related technical field
Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms and proficiency in at least one of these languages: JavaScript, C, C++, Python, Go
Self-motivated and able to drive projects with mentorship and project requirements
Smart, humble, and empathetic and ability to work effectively in teams and strong verbal and written communication skills
Ready to make an IMPACT -- Driven and excited about the challenges of a fast-paced, innovative, and quickly growing software development environment
Interested in building large scale distributed systems
Experience building web applications for applications
Experience with JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
Experience with React/Flux, modern js tooling (Gulp/Grunt)/Webpack/Babel
Strong foundation in algorithms and application design
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.
About the Company
Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Our cloud-native offering is the foundational platform for data in motion --- designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, our customers can meet the new business imperative of delivering rich, digital customer experiences and real-time business operations. Our mission is to help every organization harness da...
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