Director Engineering, Traffic & Networking

at Confluent in Boise, Idaho, United States

Location:

Remote, United States

Employment Type:

FullTime

Location Type:

Remote

Department

Engineering

Compensation:

$297.5K $357K Offers Equity

At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click here ( .

Overview

Were not just building better tech. Were rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesnt sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role:

The Traffic & Networking organization is responsible for engineering the foundational fabric that facilitates the movement of vast data volumes between customer sources and our data streaming platform. Our infrastructure ensures secure, private, and high-performance connectivity across AWS , Azure, and GCP with minimal latency and optimized costs. By bridging all three major hyper-scalers, we empower streaming application teams to develop a globally distributed, real-time platform capable of processing and replicating data across nearly any geographic region.

In the role of Engineering Director for Traffic & Networking, you will lead the Traffic Control-Plane team in managing a highly resilient, multi-cloud network orchestration layer. Serving as the central intelligence of our global fabric, the control-plane governs the entire lifecycle of the traffic data-plane and provides customers with networking APIs for seamless integration with Confluent Cloud. Additionally, it offers a programmable interface for our developers, simplifying the creation of multi-cloud applications by abstracting the complexities of cross-cloud and cross-region connecti