Culture

Senior Software Engineer Yash Mayya shares his path to Confluent, his work on Kafka Connect, and how he plans to keep growing his career.

For Niki Kapsi, commercial account executive at Confluent, it’s the “entrepreneurial” aspect of her role that she’s the most excited about.

Let’s learn more about how Niki got to Confluent—and how the company fosters a culture of learning and growth that keeps her driven and motivated.

Excited by the possibilities offered by Confluent’s data in motion technology, Alex Lamy joined our company five years ago. Now, as Regional Sales Director in France, Alex heads up a sales team that stretches across Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Maghreb.

It was a “series of fortunate events” that led Richard Nwankwo to Confluent, where he currently works as a Global Cloud SDR Manager.

Let’s learn more about Richard’s career trajectory—and hear how Confluent creates a culture of collaboration, learning, and engagement.

As an account executive, Ivan Cahuana has gained plenty of experience developing relationships with his peers and customers. But his journey at Confluent didn’t start there.

Find out how Ivan got his start at the company as a sales development representative (SDR).

When Ankit Garg first started college, he wasn’t sure what major to choose. Now, years later, he’s glad his decision to pursue a Computer Science degree led him to the Trust, Security, & Reliability team at Confluent.

When Caroline Staudenraus was looking to transition out of a career in teaching, she landed a job in technology sales as an SDR at Confluent. Five years in, Caroline currently works as an account executive in the Digital Native

Meet Sharmey Shah—Area Vice President of the Northeast region in North America. Having joined the Enterprise Sales organization over a year ago, Sharmey has helped revitalize customer experience in innovative ways.

When Steven Zhang graduated from college in 2019, he, was searching for intellectually-stimulating work. That search led him to Confluent. Four years in, Steven currently works as a senior software engineer in the Stream Processing and Analytics organization

Shaun Clowes, Confluent’s Chief Product Officer since December of last year, will tell you data is the lifeblood of modern organizations. But he will also tell you he isn’t a big fan of the word “data.”

As the Senior Marketing Manager for the Central European region, Evi Schneider has been responsible for the entire marketing mix from events to online campaigns to partner marketing, as well as localised assets for the German-speaking market.

When Jade Bowen joined Confluent as an account executive for the enterprise market and 11th employee in the ANZ region, there was only one client for her to work with. Three years later, she’s heading up the entire APAC Customer Success team.

Three years in, Marcus Greer is still excited about the work he does at Confluent. As a software engineer in the Cloud Manageability organization, Marcus helps make customers’ lives easier – giving them insight into the complex systems their businesses depend on.

When I first joined Confluent, I just wanted to make an impact. Of course, everyone wants to grow in their careers, but especially as a proud first-generation American from a Hispanic family, being able to get my engineering degree and find a successful role at a tech company has been deeply