Does Confluent sponsor visas — and what does it pay?
Confluent filed 58 certified labour condition applications with the US Department of Labor between 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026, covering 58 worker positions. Every wage below is a figure Confluent put in front of a federal agency, not a number from a job advert.
Source: US Department of Labor, FY2026 Q3 disclosure data
Read both columns together. Paying the prevailing wage is legal and normal — it is the floor Congress set, not a loophole. The employer also chooses the wage level (I–IV) on the form, and a senior level carries a higher floor, so a wide margin above the floor can reflect the level selected rather than generosity. Read the two columns together, and treat neither as evidence of wrongdoing.
$190k
Median wage filed
$158k
Median legal floor
20%
Above the floor
58
Certified filings
How close to the legal minimum?
Of 58 certified filings, 4 (7%) were at or within 1% of the prevailing wage — the lowest figure Confluent was legally permitted to offer for that role, in that location, at that skill level. Nationally the figure is 41%.
Wage levels selected
The employer chooses this level on the form, and it sets the legal floor. Level I is entry, Level IV is fully competent.
| Level | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 14 | 25% |
| Level III | 20 | 36% |
| Level IV | 21 | 38% |
Most-filed job titles
| Job title | Filings |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 21 |
| Software Engineer | 5 |
| Senior Software Engineer II | 4 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 3 |
| Staff Software Engineer II | 3 |
| Senior Solutions Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Product Manager | 2 |
| Staff Technical Support Engineer | 2 |
| Technical Program Manager | 2 |
| Staff Technical Program Manager | 1 |
| Senior Information Security Engineer | 1 |
| Staff Software Engineer I | 1 |
Where the work is
| Worksite | Filings |
|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 11 |
| Austin, TX | 11 |
| San Francisco, CA | 4 |
| Seattle, WA | 4 |
| McKinney, TX | 3 |
| Cary, NC | 3 |
| Leander, TX | 2 |
| Round Rock, TX | 2 |
Open roles at Confluent right now
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Manager, Detection & Response (Security Engineering) | Remote, United States | Engineering | $242k – $319k |
| Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, California | Engineering | $236k – $277k |
| Distributed Systems Software Engineer - WarpStream | Remote, United States | Engineering | $197k – $271k |
| Senior Software Engineer - Streaming AI (Remote - Ontario / British Columbia) | Remote, Ontario, Canada | Engineering | CA$144k – CA$169k |
| Staff Security Risk & Compliance Program Manager - Access Management | Remote, United States | Engineering | $222k – $261k |
| Principal, Product Manager | Remote, United States | Product | $273k – $328k |
| Senior Software Engineer | *Job Posting Only: USA1 | Engineering | $182k – $246k |
| Staff Software Engineer I | *Job Posting Only: USA1 | Engineering | $261k – $307k |
| Staff Software Engineer I - Confluent Platform | IN Remote India | Engineering | 2 months ago |
| Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure | CA Remote Ontario | Engineering | CA$144k – CA$169k |
| Senior Product Manager, Developer Experience | Remote, United States | Product | $193k – $227k |
| Staff Product Manager, Cloud Networking | Remote, United States | Product | $232k – $272k |
| Staff Software Engineer | Remote, United States | Engineering | $236k – $277k |
| Principal Engineer, Engineering AI Productivity | Remote, United States | Engineering | $285k – $342k |
| Senior Engineering Manager, Flink Control Plane | Remote, California | Engineering | $272k – $319k |
| Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute | CA Remote Ontario | Engineering | CA$179k – CA$211k |
| Senior Software Engineer II | Boston, Massachusetts | Engineering | $176k – $230k |
| Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute | *Job Posting Only: USA1 | Engineering | $219k – $257k |
| Staff Product Manager, Real Time Data Analytics Platform | Remote, United States | Product | $232k – $272k |
| Senior Product Manager, Cloud Networking | Remote, United States | Product | $193k – $227k |
| Head of Product Led Growth Marketing | Remote, United States | Product | $282k – $339k |
| Staff Software Engineer - Apache Kafka | PL Remote Poland | Engineering | 636k – 757k |
| Senior Software Engineer II | Seattle, Washington | Engineering | $197k – $232k |
| Senior Software Engineer | GB Remote United Kingdom | Engineering | £84k – £99k |
| Senior Product Manager, Cloud Networking | Remote, United States | Product | $193k – $227k |
| Senior Product Manager, Kafka Connect | Remote, United States | Product | $193k – $227k |
| Principal Engineer I, Governance | Remote, United States | Engineering | $285k – $342k |
| Senior Product Manager, Cluster Linking | Remote, Ontario, Canada | Product | $164k – $193k |
| Staff Software Engineer I - SRE | IN Remote India | Engineering | 6 months ago |
| Staff Security Engineer II | IN Remote India | Engineering | 6 months ago |
Checking this yourself. The FY2026 file is a public download from the Department of Labor. Search it for “Confluent, Inc.”. Figures here cover certified applications only; withdrawn and denied applications are excluded.
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