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With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.

One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform.

Data Connects Us.

About the Role:

Confluent Solutions Engineers drive the technical evaluation stage of the overall sales process, making them critical drivers of customer success as real time data streams become more and more important in the modern enterprise. In this role you will partner with account reps to be the technical advisor on the sales team, work closely with the product management and engineering teams, and serve as a vital product advocate in front of prospects, customers, and the wider Kafka and Data Streaming communities.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to Confluent customers from executives to practitioners as they undertake technical design and develop their solution, maintain familiarity with the roadmap of Kafka and the surrounding ecosystem and be able to sidestep roadblocks and inform them of upcoming fixes or workarounds. You’ll also be responsible for clear articulation of Confluent’s technical and product positioning to stakeholders, and for forging strong relationships with them throughout the sales cycle and beyond.

What You Will Do:

• Gain experience with distributed systems & infrastructure software like databases, message queues, data-focused SaaS, or Big Data products

• Design modern data architectures and define Mutual Action Plans to drive incremental success during pilots.

• Gather deep understanding of customer’s entire data estate and identify new opportunities to leverage the Digital Streaming Platform to increase ROI

• Confidently present to a highly skilled audience with technical and business stakeholders including enterprise architects and c-level executives

• Serve as conduit for product feedback from customers and champion new features for your customers

What You Will Bring:

• Clear, consistent demonstration of self-starter behavior and a desire to learn new things and tackle hard technical problems

• 5+ years sales engineering work experience in LATAM market

• Ability to speak Spanish and English fluently. Portuguese is a plus.

• Work experience with data integration or application architecture

• Strong technical knowledge - CS degree or cloud architect/administrator

What Gives You an Edge:

• Previous experience building solutions with Apache Kafka

• Confluent Certified Developer or Confluent Certified Administrator ( https://www.confluent.io/certification/ )

• Knowledge of K8 operations and cloud based distributed computing

Come As You Are

At 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.

At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. This position has an annual estimated salary of $132,400 - $155,610 , a competitive equity package and is also eligible for additional commission and/or bonus pay. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE (https://confluentbenefits.com/) .

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