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Overview
Confluent is a data streaming technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California, and founded in 2014. The company provides a cloud-native platform based on Apache Kafka that enables organizations to process, store, and analyze real-time data streams across various environments. Publicly traded on the NASDAQ, the firm serves thousands of global customers across industries such as financial services, retail, and manufacturing through its managed cloud services and self-managed software.
Technologies
Tech DNA
Java
C++
Go
Flink
Apache Iceberg
ClickHouse
Druid
AWS
Azure
GCP
LLM
AI/ML
C++
Python
Scala
SQL
AWS
Azure
GCP
Flink
Kubernetes
AI Agents
LLM
Terraform
SLI/SLO/SLA
Platform Engineering
Envoy
Service Mesh
Apache Iceberg
Spark
LLM Guardrails
CI/CD
Incident Management
PagerDuty
Docker
GitHub
ClickHouse
Druid
StarRocks
Datadog
Prometheus
Databricks
Snowflake
Google BigQuery
Security
Go
JavaScript
ISO 27001
Okta
SOC 2
Zero Trust
Threat Modeling
Backend
Java
Node JS
Apache Kafka
Commander.js
Rest API
Other
Slack
Confluence
Jira
Amplitude
Tableau
Google Workspace
Stack modernity
76/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Apache Kafka
15 jobs
Required
$238k
+58% vs market
GCP
12 jobs
Required
$230k
+21% vs market
Azure
12 jobs
Required
$230k
+38% vs market
AWS
12 jobs
Required
$230k
+24% vs market
Flink
8 jobs
Required
$259k
+20% vs market
Java
8 jobs
Required
$230k
+44% vs market
Kubernetes
7 jobs
Required
$230k
+28% vs market
AI Agents
6 jobs
Required
$272k
+23% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
26%
JavaScript
23%
SQL
23%
CI/CD
23%
AWS
20%
Docker
19%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
GitHub
Aug 2026
LLM Guardrails
Aug 2026
Prometheus
Aug 2026
Datadog
Aug 2026
Tableau
Aug 2026
Google BigQuery
Aug 2026
Amplitude
Aug 2026
StarRocks
Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
Jobgether
CrowdStrike
Snowflake
Emagine
DoorDash
Weekday
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$238k
Typical range
$122k – $342k
Open positions
18
18
Jobs
Senior
66.7%
Staff
22.2%
Principal
11.1%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 12 | $227k | $122k – $271k |
| Staff | 4 | $275k | $272k – $307k |
| Principal | 2 | $335k | $328k – $342k |
Highest paying role
Principal Engineer, Engineering AI Productivity
$342k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
62/100
Growing
Open positions
20
0 opened / 9 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
105 days
faster than 14% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 days
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
90% ▲
Product
10% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: Columbia
Aug 2026
New location: Dallas
Aug 2026
New location: Portland
Aug 2026
New location: Washington
Aug 2026
New location: Chicago
Aug 2026
New location: New York
Aug 2026
New location: Mountain View
Aug 2026
New location: Boston
Aug 2026
New location: Seattle
Aug 2026
Added Prometheus to stack
Aug 2026
Added Datadog to stack
Aug 2026
Added Tableau to stack
Aug 2026
Jobs
Staff Software Engineer
2 months ago≈ $176k – $329k per year (Estimated) • Remote • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
Go
Java
Python
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
Kubernetes
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$236k – $277k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Mountain View • New York
Go
Java
Python
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
Kubernetes
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$197k – $271k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • New York
C++
Go
JavaScript
Python
Apache Kafka
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
SLI/SLO/SLA
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Senior Software Engineer - Streaming AI (Remote - Ontario / British Columbia)
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago$104k – $122k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Columbia
C++
Go
Java
Scala
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
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$273k – $328k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 10+ years exp
Java
Python
Scala
SQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Flink
Spark
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$182k – $246k per year • Remote • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree
Apache Iceberg
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Flink
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Platform Engineering
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$261k – $307k per year • Remote • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree
Apache Iceberg
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Flink
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Platform Engineering
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$104k – $122k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ontario • Columbia
C++
Java
Scala
Apache Kafka
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
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$193k – $227k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
Terraform
Apply
$232k – $272k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 8+ years exp
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
Flink
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Envoy
GCP
Kubernetes
Service Mesh
Terraform
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$285k – $342k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 8+ years exp
LLM
LLM Guardrails
AI Agents
DevOps
Platform Engineering
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$129k – $152k per year • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ontario
C++
Java
Scala
Apache Kafka
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
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