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Principal Engineer, Engineering AI Productivity

Confluent

Remote · United StatesSalary not disclosedfull-timeConfluent Careers

We’re seeking a strategic and hands-on technical leader to define and drive Confluent’s internal agentic AI capabilities, and adoption of smart, automated decisioning systems for R&D productivity. In this role, you will partner across Engineering, Security, and IT to scale AI usage across our platform to accelerate value for customers and the business.

Responsibilities

  • Strategy & Vision
  • Define and evangelize the AI and agentic flows strategy — aligning business metrics, engineering needs, and platform opportunities.
  • Build a roadmap for introducing agentic automation features, smart assistants, and AI-driven workflows across all aspects of engineering.
  • Identify and resolve bottlenecks across the entire product and software development life cycle.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Partner with Engineering, Trust and Security to integrate AI capabilities responsibly and at scale.
  • Operationalize AI adoption internally and share use cases externally
  • Drive complex cross-team projects requiring multi-stakeholder alignment
  • Continuously raise the bar for code/architectural quality across engineering
  • Execution & Delivery

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    Work format
    Remote
    Seniority
    Lead
    Posted
    13 May 2026
    Last verified
    10 Oct 2026

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