Confluent · 8 hours ago
2026 Confluent Software Engineering Intern Opportunity (Austin, Texas)
Austin, TX
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
$45/hr - $61/hrConfluent is a company that focuses on redefining how data moves and creating a new category for real-time infrastructure. The internship will involve designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software that impacts production and customers, while also participating in code reviews and managing project priorities.
AnalyticsCloud Data ServicesEnterprise SoftwareOpen Source
Responsibilities
To design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software that will touch production and have a customer-facing impact
Follow best practices for software development and participate in code reviews
Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
Help build the next generation Kafka by continuing to push the boundaries of distributed system design
Qualification
Required
Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Math, or a related technical field with a graduation date between December 2026- August 2027
Self-motivated and able to drive projects with mentorship and project requirements
Ability to work effectively in teams and strong verbal and written communication skills
Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms and are proficient in at least one of these languages: Java/Scala, C, C++, Go
Smart, humble, and empathetic
Driven and excited about the challenges of a fast-paced, innovative, and quickly growing software development environment
Interested in building large-scale distributed systems in the cloud and are excited to make an impact
Benefits
A travel reimbursement (if required) for round-trip airline flights (to and from the location of your internship to your home location) or driving mileage reimbursement.
Company
Confluent
Confluent offers a streaming platform based on Apache Kafka that enables companies to easily access data as real-time streams.
Founded in 2014
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$459.6MKey Investors
CoatueSequoia CapitalIndex Ventures
2025-12-08Acquired
2021-06-24IPO
2021-06-10Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Jun Rao
Co-founder
Chad Verbowski
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