Staff Software Engineer - Confluent Cloud Traffic Engineering at IBM
Atlanta, GA
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Jul 7, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a senior software engineering role focused on building and operating the network data plane for a large-scale cloud platform. Day-to-day work involves architecting and developing high-performance networking infrastructure for containerized workloads across major public clouds, with attention to reliability, security, and cost efficiency. It suits engineers with deep cloud networking experience, particularly around Layer 7 proxies and distributed systems.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,800 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,500–8,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The language requirement lists 'C++, Go, Python, or other statically typed languages' as a single interchangeable gate — proficiency in any one qualifies. All three are emitted as the required/preferred flag with the others as alternatives.
The cloud platform requirement ('AWS, Azure, or GCP') is similarly a single gate on public cloud experience; all three are emitted as the required/preferred flag with the others as alternatives.
Envoy is called out specifically ('especially cloud-native proxies such as Envoy') within the required section on Layer 7 proxies, making it a named hard gate; the broader proxy experience requirement is the gate, with Envoy as the canonical named tool.
Kubernetes Networking and CNCF open-source contributions appear under the 'Preferred technical and professional experience' section.
The title says 'software engineers, at various levels,' so no explicit seniority level is advertised. The 8+ years requirement and scope (architecting, technically leading a team, driving initiatives across all three clouds) firmly support a Senior classification.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role is primarily about building software for the network data plane (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but the heavy networking/infrastructure operations context makes 15-1244 a plausible runner-up.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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