Confluent, the data-streaming software company founded around Apache Kafka, employs roughly 2,700 people worldwide. The organization recorded about 480 new hires while seeing approximately 300 departures, resulting in net workforce growth. This steady expansion supports Confluent’s goal of scaling its platform and customer reach across industries.
Engineering is Confluent’s largest function with just over 1,070 employees, reflecting the company’s focus on building and maintaining its streaming data platform. Sales and Support is the next-largest group at around 730 professionals dedicated to revenue generation and customer success. Mid-sized teams in Marketing & Product, Business Management, and Human Resources help drive market positioning and internal operations, while Finance, IT, Legal, Operations, and Other specialist areas round out the staff. The balanced distribution shows an emphasis on both innovation and customer delivery across the organization.
Confluent’s largest employee base is in the San Francisco Bay Area, home to nearly 390 staff members. Significant hubs are also located in Bengaluru, Austin, Seattle, London, and New York, each hosting between 70 and 190 employees. Additional teams in Boston, Singapore, Barcelona, and various remote locations bring the total to more than 2,700 employees. This global footprint indicates a strategy of combining engineering talent centers with customer-facing offices in major technology and financial markets.