[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All IBM jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/) · [Search jobs](/search/) IBM · Armonk, NY # Director, Engineering - Confluent Armonk, NY Director Executive & Management Listed on IBM’s official careers site. Posted October 14, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on IBM’s careers site →](https://ibm.dejobs.org/jobs/CEE7E696BA284321BA562B6BC2EB76AB/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [IBM](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/) / Director, Engineering - Confluent ## Job description ### 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 building a massively scalable stream processing infrastructure that enables low-latency operations like filters, joins and aggregations on real-time data. This will enable our customers to easily build stateful stream-processing applications that are scalable, elastic, and fully fault-tolerant. We are looking for an engineering leader to lead the strategic vision, engineering, and operations of core engineering teams that build Confluent's industry-leading Kafka platform. The Confluent Cloud Brokers, Networking and Security will be your primary focus. As a key leader, you will play a significant role in the ongoing transformation of the Kafka platform, driving innovation and outpacing competitors. You will be responsible for operating our cloud platform at scale. ### What You Will Do - Lead a highly productive, global team of software engineers and engineering leaders - Drive the long-term direction and strategy of Confluent and Kafka, while partnering with internal stakeholders to drive the team’s mission forward - Create competitive advantages for Confluent and Kafka by driving technical innovation - Work closely with peer engineering leaders to prioritize improvements in all these areas - from a culture of continuous improvement to prioritizing large and high-impact initiatives that will fundamentally change Kafka. - Continue a strong growth trajectory by hiring top tier engineers, and establish quality standards, design principles, and operational maturity for the team Required technical and professional expertise - 3+ years of second-level engineering management experience leading productive, high-functioning teams. - Maintain a high hiring bar while recruiting, motivating engineers, coaching/mentoring, and managing performance. - Experience with running large stateful data systems in the cloud. - Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development. - A great track record of shipping features and hitting deadlines consistently. - Sense of urgency, an aggressive mindset towards achieving results, and excellent prioritization skills. Preferred technical and professional experience - Able to anticipate future technical needs for the product and craft plans to realize them, guided by our customers. - Preferred experience running production services in public clouds - Ability to influence the team, peers, and upper management using effective communication and collaborative techniques. Focus on building and maintaining a culture of collaboration within the team. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 14, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 19, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 19, 2026 - Listed for: 5 days - Location: Armonk, NY[Apply on IBM’s careers site →](https://ibm.dejobs.org/jobs/CEE7E696BA284321BA562B6BC2EB76AB/) ## More jobs at IBM ### [Global Facility Management Process Intern 2027](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/jobs/9fed128ea6c825f77165/) Armonk, NY ### [Risk Management & Controls Professional 2027 – Americas](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/jobs/dc0c200bb8dac2a76cf0/) Armonk, NY ### [2027 FLDP Summer Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/jobs/b071fbeb6a6f52cf8a18/) Armonk, NY ### [2027 Finance Summer Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/jobs/2d8631755c0d55a79dbf/) Armonk, NY ### [2027 Incentives Professional Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ibm/jobs/6d69963066abde4be771/) Armonk, NY ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Facilities Engineering Director - L7](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/d80df791d95a09b63eac/) Lockheed Martin · Palmdale, CA ### [AI Engineering Associate Director](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ntt/jobs/9310bf5d18d162f0a513/) NTT · Plano, TX, US, United States ### [Senior Director, Digital Applications Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/dollar-general/jobs/9c060f2fc1ab7dc1b98b/) Dollar General · TN, United States ### [Director of Infrastructure Engineering - Firewall Services](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/c9140a0529e49b9eb19e/) JPMorganChase · Plano, TX, United States [Executive & Management jobs](/functions/executive-management/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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