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Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motionHave you ever found a new favorite series on netflix, picked up groceries curbside at walmart, or paid for something using square? that’s the power of data in motion in action—giving organizations instant access to the massive amounts of data that is constantly flowing throughout their businessAt confluent, we’re building the foundational platform for this new paradigm of data infrastructureOur cloud-native offering is designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organizationWith confluent, organizations can create a central nervous system to innovate and win in a digital-first world.
We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize confluent’s enormous potentialChart your own path and take healthy risks as we solve big problems togetherWe value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we grow—whether you’re just starting out in your career or managing a large team, you’ll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.
About the role confluent is looking for a developer with apache kafka experience to help drive the adoption of our products within the broader kafka communityConfluent makes it easy to use kafka to set your data in motion, and we need your help in creating compelling demos and market-facing materials that help bring that ease of use to lifeYou’ll work closely with our product marketing, product management, and developer relations teams as you show users like yourself exactly how confluent can help them overcome their challenges.
What you`ll do
Create compelling demos that showcase the value of confluent to the kafka community
Work with product and product marketing teams to determine developer-focused content plans across use cases, product launches, and differentiated features
Deliver technical blogs and whitepapers on kafka and data analytics more broadly
Engage with developers looking to learn more about kafka or evaluate streaming alternatives across online third-party platforms
Evangelize use case recipes with demos and reference architecture documents that tackle the most common and high-impact use cases that our customers are facing
Identify any product gaps inhibiting gtm success for confluent and work with product management to prioritize developer needs into the roadmap
What we`re looking for
You’re a seasoned software developer or technical sales engineer with 5+ years on the job
You can write top-quality code samples and mini-applications to demonstrate the technologies you want to teach
Experience with kafka
You can record screencasts and instructional videos of your talks and articles
You have a track record of working in a cross-functional role that balances the needs of different stakeholders, while still prioritizing the customer/developer
Additional highly desirable experience
You’re a good jvm language programmer (java preferred)
You’re up to date with current jvm community engineering practices
You constantly keep up to date on the latest technologies related to confluent, streaming data, and distributed systems
Come as you are
At confluent, equality is a core tenet of our cultureWe are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiencesThe more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact.
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