# Distributed Systems Software Engineer - WarpStream at Confluent

- Company: Confluent
- What the company does: Stream, connect, process, and govern your data with a unified Data Streaming Platform built on the heritage of Apache Kafka® and Apache Flink®. Backed by Battery, Index and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.confluent.io/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote, United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $197K to $271K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/confluent/47920ccd-db54-4ed4-a865-70857e865fff
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/confluent-distributed-systems-software-engineer-warpstream/

## About the role

WarpStream is an Apache Kafka compatible data streaming platform built directly on top of object storage with zero local disks. It’s delivered to customers as a BYOC-style offering. The WarpStream team is responsible for this product offering from top to bottom, and as a Senior Engineer you’ll do everything from working on the storage engine running in the Agents, improving the scalability of our multi-tenant control plane, implementing new features like transactions, active-active multi-regions clusters, and even...

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Engineering