Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Networking

About Starburst

At Starburst, we are working to dismantle the status quo of data silos and vendor lock-in every single day. For decades, database companies have held their customers hostage and we believe that’s just plain wrong. Starburst offers a full-featured data lake analytics platform, built on open source Trino. Our platform includes all the capabilities needed to discover, organize, and consume data without the need for time-consuming and costly migration projects. Today more than 300 leading organizations trust us to make better decisions faster. 

Though Starburst has raised $414M in venture funding from top investors, we were founded in a rather unusual way as we bootstrapped the business with customers and revenue from the very beginning! We are a remote-first company with employees all over the world and are proud to be named a Best Place to Work. Come join our team of All-Stars!

About the role

Starburst is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Network Infrastructure to work with our globally distributed engineering team on the core of Starburst’s platform. This role will allow you to contribute to the advancement of Trino and Starburst directly by helping to rebuild the Starburst Galaxy Control Plane. Our managed SaaS and both open-source and proprietary software provide unique and interesting problems to be solved, and incredible learning opportunities for any engineer.

As a Staff Software Engineer, Network infrastructure at Starburst you will:

• Design, develop, and operate cloud networking and observability infrastructure for highly available Starburst Galaxy Control Plane.
• Continuously improve our engineering processes, tests, and systems that allow us to scale the code base and productivity of the team.
• Build resilient systems to monitor the performance of the infrastructure, diagnosing and troubleshooting issues, and making necessary changes to optimize system performance.
• 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:

• Prior experience developing distributed systems.
• Extensive software development experience with Java.
• Strong proficiency in cloud network infrastructure (specifically with service mesh technologies like Istio, Linkerd, or ServiceComb), 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.
• Demonstration of ownership, grit, and bias for action - core values at Starburst.