Product Manager, Stream Processing Metadata

Company: Confluent
Location: Topeka
Posted on: January 24, 2023

Job Description:

Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever found a new favorite series on Netflix, picked up groceries curbside at Walmart, or paid for something using Square? Thats the power of data in motion in actiongiving organizations instant access to the massive amounts of data that is constantly flowing throughout their business. At Confluent, were building the foundational platform for this new paradigm of data infrastructure. Our cloud-native offering is designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, organizations can create a central nervous system to innovate and win in a digital-first world.Were looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Confluents enormous potential. Chart your own path and take healthy risks as we solve big problems together. We value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we growwhether youre just starting out in your career or managing a large team, youll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.With more data being produced in real-time by many systems and devices than ever before, it is critical to be able to process it in real-time and get actionable insights while the data is still relevant. The Stream Processing team at confluent, which owns Kafka Streams and KSQL, aims at making stream processing easier to use and help our customers to get valuable insights from their data in motion. We are looking for a seasoned Product Manager for stream processing, focusing on SQL language, and helping to define a long-range, strategic roadmap for this area, maintain a tight feedback loop with our customers, and work closely with our engineering team.Responsibilities:

• Develop a strategic vision of where to invest our effort to help our customers succeed.
• Think through a great end-to-end product experience with a focus on detailed user stories.
• Create a roadmap to deliver that experience to customers.
• Engage with customers and users to create a feedback loop between planning and execution.
• Align with other teams to ensure our roadmap is unified and unblocked.What Were Looking For:
  • 5+ years of product management experience and 5+ years of overall experience in PaaS or SaaS domain with a focus on infrastructure services
  • Experience defining product functional specifications including API, CLI, and GUI.
  • Strong communication skills and experience working in a collaborative and remote environment.
  • Experience with SQL and database ecosystems.
  • Experience with streaming processing technologies, such as ksqlDB, Kinesis, Flink, Spark Streaming, etc. is a plus.Come As You AreAt Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of 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 applicable law.Confluent requires all employees (in office and remote) in the U.S. to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Consistent with federal, state, and local requirements, Confluent will consider requests for reasonable accommodation based on medical conditions/contraindications or sincerely-held religious beliefs where it is able to do so without undue hardship to the company.Click here to review our _Candidate Privacy Notice (https://www.confluent.io/candidate-privacy/)_ , which describes how and when Confluent, Inc., and its group companies, collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of job applicants and prospective employees.#LI-Remote

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