# Principal Engineer, Engineering AI Productivity 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 (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote, United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $285K to $342K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/confluent/85107937-8f12-4336-abb8-e88f344c6bcc
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/confluent-principal-engineer-engineering-ai-productivity/

## About the role

We’re seeking a strategic and hands-on technical leader to define and drive Confluent’s internal agentic AI capabilities, and adoption of smart, automated decisioning systems for R&D productivity. In this role, you will partner across Engineering, Security, and IT to scale AI usage across our platform to accelerate value for customers and the business. You will operationalize a vision where AI augments developers, automates routine tasks, and orchestrates intelligent workflows that unlock new usage patterns.

## 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