Staff Cloud Platform Engineer — Distributed Systems Leader

IBM is seeking a Staff Software Engineer I to design and deliver advanced control plane platforms for our Confluent Cloud. You will own complex initiatives spanning multiple teams, shaping architecture, scalability, and reliability of our cloud platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive high-impact projects, and improve platform observability and deployment safety, while partnering with Cloud Platform, Kafka, Security, and SRE teams to align on long-term strategy.