Software Engineer - Cloud Platform

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. Here, you'll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world. With Confluent, data doesn't sit still. We put information in motion, streaming in near real time so organizations can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

Your Role And Responsibilities

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.

About The Role

The CLI/Terraform team is at the forefront of how customers manage and automate Confluent, building the tools and frameworks that turn Confluent’s APIs into dependable developer experiences. With roughly 70% of customers using the CLI or Terraform and the Terraform Provider surpassing 474 million downloads, the team is critical to making Confluent easier to operate, automate, and integrate at scale.

What You Will Do

• Design, implement, test, and maintain features in the Confluent CLI and Terraform Provider, primarily using Go
• Turn Confluent APIs into intuitive CLI commands and Terraform resources that customers can use in production automation
• Work with service teams across Confluent to deliver new integrations and ensure a consistent experience across both products
• Write automated tests, participate in code reviews, and follow established engineering and release practices
• Investigate customer-reported issues and contribute fixes that improve reliability, performance, and usability
• Contribute to shared frameworks, validation systems, and tooling that help service teams build and maintain their own integrations
• Participate in operational support and learn to diagnose issues across APIs, cloud services, and customer environments

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 1–4 years of relevant software-development experience
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, software design, and API development
• Proficiency in Go, Java, Python, C++, or another modern programming language
• Experience writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining production-quality software
• An understanding of REST APIs, versioning, and backward compatibility
• A self-starter with the ability to learn quickly and work effectively within a team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An interest in developer tooling, infrastructure as code, cloud platforms, and distributed systems

• Experience developing software in Go
• Experience using Terraform or developing Terraform Providers
• Experience building command-line tools or developer-facing APIs
• Familiarity with the Terraform Plugin Framework or Terraform Plugin SDK
• Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source software
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Confluent Cloud, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud