Staff Software Engineer: Low-Latency Data Systems Architect

Cloudera; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudera is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help build Impala, a SQL data warehouse engine that enables low-latency analytics on large-scale data. You will design core query engine components and lead distributed-systems initiatives.

This role emphasizes collaboration with product managers, customers, and the open-source community, contributing to CDP and CDW, and advancing performance, reliability, and cloud/on-prem integration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience; a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Experience leading and delivering complex product enhancements.
• Experience in writing high-performance, enterprise-quality code in C++ or Java.
• Familiar with database concepts and Linux development environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement query engine components for low latency and scalability.
• Lead projects adding new functionality in distributed systems.
• Design and implement Impala features in both the on-premise and cloud space.
• Contribute to productivity, process and infrastructure improvements.
• Work with product managers and customers to understand requirements.
• Analyze large-scale distributed systems to identify performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, failure points, and security holes.
• Formulate and present your architecture and design documents internally and to the open source community.
• Contribute to software productivity process and infrastructure improvements.
• Publicize Impala through blogs and conference presentations.

Skills

C++

Java

Distributed systems

Leadership

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Linux development environments

Job description

Cloudera is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help build Impala, a SQL data warehouse engine that enables low-latency analytics on large-scale data. You will design core query engine components and lead distributed-systems initiatives.

This role emphasizes collaboration with product managers, customers, and the open-source community, contributing to CDP and CDW, and advancing performance, reliability, and cloud/on-prem integration.