Senior Manager, Engineering- Cloud Infrastructure & Platform - Product Security

Company: Confluent
Location: Washington
Posted on: April 7, 2025

Job Description:

Engineering California Florida Colorado United States Georgia Arizona Illinois New York Minnesota MarylandWith Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day - we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform.Data Connects Us.About the Role:We are seeking an engineering leader to drive a critical product-focused engineering team in our Product Security organization against a large and ambitious roadmap. As Confluent grows and develops the Data Streaming Platform, the Product Security team is at the center of the conversation, bringing seamless security functionality across all of our products to ensure the best customer experience on the DSP. This deeply-experienced team is responsible for not only setting critical product strategy for our security features, but executing on this strategy and collaborating with other leaders across the company to launch critical products for Confluent. You will be responsible for further defining the vision, growing and coaching the team, and planning and driving cross-team efforts to solve complex distributed system challenges at scale.What You Will Do:

• Own the overall strategy and execution for the Product Security's Product Engineering team.
• Work closely with product management, engineering leadership, and other key stakeholders across various teams in Confluent and Confluent Cloud to build and drive the overall roadmap.
• Deliver high impact to the business by driving important technical, product and strategic initiatives in areas comprising (but not limited to) the Data Streaming Platform, security, reliability, architectural direction, and major component refactor across organizational boundaries.
• Work with engineering teams and product on critical aspects of product definition, security, API design, and delivery.
• Influence the overall security, health and operational hygiene for the Product Security Platform.What You Will Bring:
  • 12+ years of experience in software development and 7+ years in management.
  • Experience designing resilient systems at scale, in the three major CSPs (AWS, Azure, GCP), with a proven track record of "seeing around corners" to reduce complexity and create critical enduring technical foundations.
  • Ability to influence the team, peers, and upper management using effective communication and collaborative techniques.
  • Ability to hire while ensuring a high hiring bar, keep engineers motivated, coach/mentor, and handle performance management.
  • A great track record of timely shipping features and have a sense of urgency, an aggressive mindset towards achieving results, and excellent prioritization skills.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.Come As You AreAt Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.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. This position has an annual estimated salary of $271,300 - $318,800 and a competitive equity package. 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.Click HERE to review our Candidate Privacy Notice which describes how and when Confluent, Inc., and its group companies, collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of California job applicants and prospective employees.#LI-Remote
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