Senior Software Engineer, Connectors

About the role

Starburst is looking for strong Java engineers to work with our globally distributed engineering team on the core of Starburst’s software. This is a great opportunity to deepen your expertise in a rapidly evolving technology and make a significant impact on leading data analytics products.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain Connectors in Open Source Trino, the Starburst Enterprise Platform, or Starburst Galaxy
• Find ingenious ways to speed up complex queries without sacrificing correctness of the results
• Collaborate with your team members and other teams globally and operate in a fast paced environment
• Provide exceptional customer support for both internal and external customers

Requirements

• Prior experience developing distributed systems
• Extensive software development experience with Java
• Demonstrated experience with software engineering and design best practices
• Appreciation for creating maintainable, performant, and high quality software as part of a high-performing globally distributed team of engineers
• Intrinsic motivation for improving your software engineering craftsmanship
• Significant autonomy and ownership
• Intrigue to see what other engineering teams are doing and ability to connect the dots
• Demonstration of Ownership, Grit, and Bias for Action - Core Values at Starburst

Qualifications

• Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with using a Query Engine (Storage and Compute separation)
• Data Engineering expertise
• Understanding the Data Engineer's perspective is valuable in driving innovation within data lakehouse architectures
• Experience with Iceberg, Delta Lake, and/or Hive table format sync
• Experience in contributing to larger scale Open-Source Software

Benefits

• Competitive Total Rewards program that reflects our commitment to a rewarding and supportive work environment
• Includes a variety of benefits like competitive pay, attractive stock grants, flexible paid time off, and more

Pay

The salary range provided for this role reflects the minimum and maximum targets for candidates in the country in which the role is located and could be inclusive of variable compensation, such as commission or bonus.