We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t 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.

We’re seeking a strong technologist who will support and grow the technical partnerships with key Global System Integrators. This role is pivotal in supporting and advancing technical partnerships through a variety of initiatives including co-developed solutions, strategic account engagements, and fostering the growth of Centers of Excellence among our partners. You’ll be accountable for the outcome of these initiatives and frequently collaborate with both Confluent and Partner resources to drive success.

Successful Partner Solutions Engineers typically have backgrounds as Technical Account Managers, Solution Engineers, Solutions architect or Professional Services. Still, they all share a passion for expanding Confluent’s partner ecosystem and delivering our customers the best of that world.

• Present Confluent and explain value proposition to different audiences (Partner executives, Technical leaders, Architects, etc.)

• Define, build, and deliver repeatable solutions that highlight the partner and Confluent’s joint value propositions

• Build and manage relationships with key technical leaders

• Collaborate internally to support Partner technical initiatives such as partner-driven scalable GTM assets, partner team enablement workshops, assessment, advice, and coaching

• Advocate on behalf of Partners’ technical concerns (use cases, feature requests, support issues, e.g.) with Confluent internal teams and personnel, helping to bring those concerns to resolution

• Provide architecture guidance and recommendations across solutions, offerings, and customer opportunities

• Author whitepapers, technical articles, and blog posts

• Help scale the team by building reusable content and programs

• Ensure the successful onboarding, training, enablement, and certification of partner technical resources

• 8 - 13 years of work experience with demonstrated hands-on experience architecting complex enterprise solutions for customers and/or partners

• At least 2 years of experience working with System Integrators in a similar role

• At least 2 years of work experience with messaging, streaming, distributed systems and ETL products commonly used in the enterprise

• At least 3 years of experience as a Sales Engineer or Technical Account Manager

• Experience operating within and across cross-functional teams including product management, engineering, sales, marketing, etc

• Ability to quickly learn, understand, and work with new and emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions

• Hands on experience of Apache Kafka, Apache Flink and/or other streaming technologies

• Knowledge of Microservices, NoSQL databases, GenAI, streaming architecture patterns etc.

• Proficiency in English

• Experience as a Technical Sales/Systems Engineer in a cloud environment or equivalent experience in a customer and/or partner-facing role.

• Experience designing and building big data, stream processing, and/or other distributed systems for Fortune 1000 companies

• Experience working with global teams

Come As You Are

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.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on 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 law.