Starburst Data Federation Lead & Onboarding

Citigroup Inc.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking an Application Development Lead in Tampa to drive data federation initiatives using Starburst. You will partner with data stewards, ensure governance, and optimize query performance across distributed systems. This role requires strong API design, cloud experience, and leadership across time zones.

Join a team delivering standardized Data Products, data catalogs, and governance marketplaces while integrating BI tools for end-to-end discoverability and secure access.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on with Starburst Data Federation and Virtualization.
• 6+ years in application development and distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of Trino, Iceberg, and Ranger policies.
• Experience with CI/CD and cloud-native platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical interface between analytics consumers and data owners.
• Lead onboarding of new data catalogs in Starburst using native connectors.
• Establish RBAC and data governance with centralized policies.
• Design data onboarding standards for Hive/Iceberg formats and stats.
• Tune pushdown capabilities for query federation performance.

Skills

Starburst Data Federation

Trino architecture

Apache Ranger policies

Iceberg table format

RESTful API design

CI/CD pipelines

Unix shell scripting

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Docker & Kubernetes

Version control (GitHub/Bitbucket)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Bitbucket Pipelines

Starburst connectors

Hive/Iceberg

S3

Oracle

Kubernetes

Pytest

Job description

Citi is seeking an Application Development Lead in Tampa to drive data federation initiatives using Starburst. You will partner with data stewards, ensure governance, and optimize query performance across distributed systems. This role requires strong API design, cloud experience, and leadership across time zones.

Join a team delivering standardized Data Products, data catalogs, and governance marketplaces while integrating BI tools for end-to-end discoverability and secure access.