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.

About the Role:

We’re seeking a Senior Partner Solutions Engineer, a strong technologist who will support and grow the technical partnerships with key System Integrators, ISV and CSP Partners. 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, Solution Architects or Professional Services. Still, they all share a passion for expanding Confluent’s partner ecosystem and delivering our customers the best of that world.

What You Will Do:

• 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

• Experience as a Sales Engineer or Technical Account Manager or ideally a Partner Solutions Engineer

  Demonstrated hands-on experience architecting complex enterprise solutions for customers and/or partners

  Experience working with System Integrators in a similar role

  Experience with messaging, streaming, and ETL products commonly used in the enterprise

  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

  French and English speaking is required for this position

  What Gives You an Edge:

  • Knowledge of Apache Kafka and/or other streaming technologies

    Proficiency in other languages

    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

  Ready to build what's next? Let’s get in motion.

  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.