8+ years of Solutions Engineering or similar experience
Experience with event-driven architecture, data integration and processing techniques
Experience with database, data warehouse, and data lake technologies
Experience with cloud architecture, migrations, deployment, and application development
Proficiency in Java, Python, or SQL
Technical certifications in cloud development/architecture, data engineering, and integration
Self-starter behavior and desire to tackle technical problems
Good presentation and communication skills
Confidence presenting to developers, enterprise architects, and C-level executives
Desirables
Familiarity with solution selling
Experience with Kafka or Apache Flink
Challenger mindset
What the job involves
Partner with Account Executives, and act as technical advisor for customers on data streaming solutions. Surface business needs and create technical designs. Facilitate discussions, inspire confidence, and drive creative solutions to overcome technical challenges.
Help advance new and innovative data streaming use-cases. Lead technical proofs of concept and conduct discovery and whiteboard sessions. Provide thought leadership through technical talks and workshops.
Guide customers with hands-on help and best practices for operational maturity. Analyze customer consumption trends and identify optimization opportunities. Forge strong relationships with key customer stakeholders.
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, enabling real-time data streaming across organizations to drive rich digital customer experiences and real-time business operations.