Senior Data Engineering & Streaming Specialist (Pre-Sales)

Cloudera; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO Policy

Unplugged Days

Flexible WFH Policy

Mental & Physical Wellness programs

Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Job summary

Cloudera is seeking a Data Engineering & Streaming Specialist to lead customer engagements, design cloud-native data architectures, and drive AI-ready data pipelines. You will work hands-on across data prep, CDC, streaming use cases, and adoption for enterprise clients.

The role emphasizes PoCs, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration with Sales, Product, and Engineering to shape the product and customer success roadmap.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading data use cases in enterprise environments.
• Design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade data pipelines and streaming solutions.
• Proven ability to run PoCs/MVPs translating feedback into production deployments.
• Experience with cloud-native data architectures and data modernization.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements designing scalable cloud-native data architectures.
• Support PoCs, solution sizing, and onboarding for new and existing customers.
• Troubleshoot complex data pipelines and guide customer success escalations.
• Develop and share best practices; influence product roadmaps from customer feedback.
• Act as Cloudera evangelist and collaborate with Sales, Product, and Engineering.

Skills

Data pipelines

Real-time streaming

Cloud-native architectures

PoCs/MVPs

Open-source software

Executive stakeholder engagement

Data engineering governance

Education

Bachelor's or higher in a related field

Tools

Apache Spark

Airflow

Apache NiFi

Apache Flink

Apache Kafka

Job description

Cloudera is seeking a Data Engineering & Streaming Specialist to lead customer engagements, design cloud-native data architectures, and drive AI-ready data pipelines. You will work hands-on across data prep, CDC, streaming use cases, and adoption for enterprise clients.

The role emphasizes PoCs, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration with Sales, Product, and Engineering to shape the product and customer success roadmap.