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Introduction 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. Your Role And Responsibilities We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to work on various features and improvements in the Apache Kafka software. In this role, you will work closely with the Apache community as well as senior engineers on the team to build features, work on Kafka improvements and help review designs.. The features you build will cut across various components in the Kafka software stack including the Clients, Streams, Broker and other backend services. You will contribute to the performance improvements, operational aspects and innovate the stack. What You Will Do As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader whose work significantly impacts the product, engineering organization, and customer success. Collaborate with the Apache Kafka community via KIPs, code contributions, reviews, and technical discussions; represent Confluent’s interests while keeping the broader ecosystem in mind. Drive projects that have high complexity requiring technical acumen, a high level of judgement and able to deal with ambiguity. Be a force multiplier and show strong ability to mentor and grow the team with guidance on strong design principles and software architecture. Insist on high standards for the quality of software the team is developing. Communicate with product management and engineering leaders on the roadmap, understand the specs and the product interfaces. Drive operational excellence on reliability improvements, operational events and supportability Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills to influence teams/peers beyond immediate span of control. Preferred Education Master's Degree Experience Required technical and professional expertise Track record of delivering complex systems projects with large scope (multi quarter design and development) leading a team of engineers, setting direction for projects, working with stakeholders, adept at using AI tools for coding and working backwards from the customers. 4+ years driving staff-level or equivalent technical initiatives across multiple teams or components. Experience with Rust programming language. Leadership & Influence Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, set direction, and align multiple teams around complex technical plans. Track record of mentoring senior engineers and enabling others to deliver on high-risk, high-impact projects. Clear, concise technical communication, both written (design docs, KIPs) and verbal (reviews, cross-team forums). Preferred Technical And Professional Experience Prior experience as a committer/PMC or core maintainer on Apache Kafka or a similar project.
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.