Full-Time
Software Engineer
Backend
Confluera
1-10 employees
Real-time threat interception and defense platform
No salary listed
Palo Alto, CA, USA
In Person
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- Programming languages needed: Java, Python
- Familiarity with streaming platforms such as Kafka.
- Familiarity with stream processing systems such as spark.
- Familiarity with distributed systems.
- BA/BS or MA/MS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- Building distributed systems processing large volumes of data.
- Design, develop and maintain APIs, systems to enable the product in a scalable fashion.
- Building models and features to enhance anomaly detection.
- Work & Communicate with Product, Design and Other Engineering teams.
- Develop and iterate fast, maintaining a high quality bar.
- Experience working on streaming and stream processing systems such as kafka, spark etc.
- Experience building ETL pipelines.
- Have experience working with distributed systems.
- Have delivered a production system on a large scale and has experience maintaining it.
- Leadership experience
Confluera provides a real-time attack interception and defense platform for enterprises, designed to detect and stop attackers as they move through a network using automated responses. The product continuously monitors network activity, flags malicious behavior, and automatically blocks or contains threats to interrupt intrusions with a deterministic defense. It differentiates itself by offering real-time interception and automated protections with ongoing updates under a subscription model, reducing dwell time and manual incident handling. The goal is to help enterprises safeguard their digital assets from sophisticated threats with practical, ongoing protection across large networks.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$29M
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
Founded
2019
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- XM Cyber acquisition integrates Confluera's real-time attack graph into hybrid cloud protection platform.
- Multi-cloud expansion to Azure and GCP enables seamless security coverage across diverse environments.
- Automation reduces false positives and frees security teams from manual alert correlation work.
What critics are saying
- XM Cyber acquisition eliminated Confluera as independent entity, transferring technology to parent platform.
- Product dilution risk as XM Cyber prioritizes offensive security over Confluera's real-time storyboarding.
- Neglect of pure cloud CxDR capabilities sidelines multi-cloud support, losing share to specialized competitors.
What makes Confluera unique
- Patented Continuous Attack Graph technology stitches real-time attack sequences into automated threat storyboards.
- Achieves 90% reduction in investigation time through risk-prioritized threat detection across multi-cloud.
- Integrates with best-of-breed security tools, avoiding vendor lock-in unlike traditional XDR platforms.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Remote Work Options
Company News
Confluera today announced that it has raised over $20 million in Series B funding led by Icon Ventures to unlock the future of cyber threat detection
XM Cyber acquires Confluera to enhance its cloud-native protection services - SiliconANGLE
XM Cyber, a Herzlya, Israel-based company focused on hybrid cloud security, acquired Confluera, a Palo Alto, CA-based company which specializes in cyber attack detection and response for the cloud.
Confluera was also awarded Bronze in the Startup of the Year Security Cloud/SaaS category for their role in establishing the Cloud eXtended Detection and Response (CxDR) market.
Confluera, the leading provider of next-generation cloud cyber attack detection and response, today announced that the company and its executives have been recognized in four categories of this year’s Globee Cyber Security Excellence Awards.