Business Area:
Engineering

Seniority Level:
Mid-Senior level

Job Description:

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world's largest enterprises.

Cloudera is looking for a Staff Software Engineer with strong distributed systems expertise to work on the Cloudera distribution of Apache Spark. We are looking for engineers with experience in large-scale, distributed systems and data processing to help build our enterprise-grade system, designed for customers running Spark on thousands of nodes and processing petabytes of data. You will be working with a distributed team, spread across the United States and Hungary, including multiple committers on Apache Spark.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:

Implement new features for Cloudera's Data Engineering Experience, delivered to customers in production on thousands of nodes
Contribute to Apache Spark
Develop new features in Scala/Java/Python on a modern platforms
Gain expertise in distributed data processing, from SQL planners and optimizers, to data layout and table formats like Apache Parquet and Iceberg, to fault tolerance in distributed systems.
Gain a solid understanding and deep technical knowledge of components across the Cloudera Data Engineering Experience stack, but focusing on Iceberg and Spark, which you can utilize in your daily tasks
Get to work on large scale distributed systems, from 100s to 1000s of nodes, in production clusters
Debug system level deployment issues, root cause analysis, perform system test analysis and resolve failures
Work on improving internal infrastructure
Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

We are excited about you if you have:

Bachelor's or Master degree in Computer Science or equivalent, 4-6 years of experience.
Experience leading and delivering complex product enhancements.
We use Java/Scala/Python/GoLang in projects, you should have a strong understanding of at least one of the following languages: Java, Scala, GoLang, Rust, C++, Python. And interested to learn the languages we're using.
Experience with systems design, development.
Passionate about programming, clean coding habits, attention to detail, and focus on quality
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong ability to research and solve problems independently without constant supervision
(Most importantly) Open-minded, desire to learn new things and build great products.

You may also have:

Experience with using/developing Apache Spark/Airflow or other related technologies.
Experience building and maintaining containerized applications on Kubernetes.
Experience with large-scale, distributed systems design and development with an understanding of scaling, performance, and scheduling.
Solid experience with at least one cloud service (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift)
Contributors to open-source projects.

What you can expect from us:

Generous PTO Policy
Support work life balance with Unplugged Days
Flexible WFH Policy
Mental & Physical Wellness programs
Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
Access to Continued Career Development
Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
Paid Volunteer Time
Employee Resource Groups

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