Staff Software Engineer, Spark

About Starburst

Starburst is the data platform for analytics, applications, and AI, unifying data across clouds and on-premises to accelerate AI innovation. Organizations—from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises in 60+ countries—rely on Starburst for fast data access, seamless collaboration, and enterprise-grade governance on an open hybrid data lakehouse. Wherever data lives, Starburst unlocks its full potential, powering data and AI from development to deployment. By future-proofing data architecture, Starburst helps businesses fuel innovation with AI.

About The Role

Starburst is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to work with our globally distributed engineering team on the core of Starburst’s platform. This role will allow you to contribute directly to the advancement of Trino and Starburst by helping build the Starburst Enterprise Platform and Dell Data Lakehouse. A fully managed data platform built on Dell hardware with a full-service software suite provides unique and interesting problems to be solved and incredible learning opportunities for any engineer.

As a Staff Engineer At Starburst You Will

• Design, develop, and support the Dell Data Lakehouse platform built together with Dell Technologies.
• Continuously improve our engineering processes, tests, and systems that allow us to scale the code base and productivity of the team.
• Collaborate with teams globally and operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Provide exceptional customer support for both internal and external customers.

Some Of The Things We Look For

• 7+ years of experience developing software.

• Prior experience developing distributed systems.

• Extensive software development experience with Java.

• Strong proficiency in cloud network infrastructure, security technologies, and observability frameworks.

• Demonstrated experience with software engineering and design best practices.

• Appreciation for creating maintainable, performant, and high-quality software as part of a fun, high-performing global team.

• Experience in building distributed systems with Kubernetes and Fabric8.

• Experience with Apache Spark, It is nice to have experience with YuniKorn.

• Experience with building or administering Spark applications would be a great plus.

• Demonstration of ownership, grit, and bias for action - core values at Starburst.

• Bonus points:

• Familiarity with Trino

• Experience contributing to open-source software

Build your career at Starburst

All-Stars have the opportunity and freedom to realize their true potential. By building alongside top talent, we’re empowered to take ownership of our careers and drive meaningful change. Anchored in industry-proven technology and unprecedented success, All-Stars are taking on the challenge everyday to disrupt our industry – and the future.

Our global workforce is supported by a competitive Total Rewards program that reflects our commitment to a rewarding and supportive work environment. This includes a variety of benefits like competitive pay, attractive stock grants, flexible paid time off, and more.

We are committed to fostering an intentional, inclusive, and diverse culture that drives deep engagement, authentic belonging, and an exceptional All-Star experience. We believe that diversity of thought, perspective, background and experience will enable us to own what we do, drive our success and empower our All-Stars to show up authentically.

Starburst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state

or local laws.

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