Overview As a Staff Engineer at Cloudera, you will own the next generation of our enterprise Apache Iceberg distribution, shaping data lake architectures at petabyte scale. You will contribute to the Iceberg open-source project and drive performance improvements across the Cloudera stack, enabling efficient multi-cloud data processing for general customers. You'll collaborate with product, customers, and cross-functional teams to evolve Iceberg features for modern data lakes.
This role offers impact at scale, working on distributed systems that power large enterprises and AI-driven analytics. Compensaciones / Beneficios Generous PTO Policy Unplugged Days Flexible WFH Policy Mental & Physical Wellness programs Phone and Internet Reimbursement program Continued Career Development Responsabilidades Drive the future of data architecture by contributing to Apache Iceberg Implement Iceberg-based features to improve performance across the Cloudera stack Collaborate with product managers and customers to identify improvements for Modern Data Lakes Develop new features in Java on modern platforms Understand and leverage Iceberg across the Cloudera stack in daily tasks Debug deployment issues, perform root-cause analysis, and conduct system tests Collaborate with team members and stakeholders Requisitos principales Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 6+ years of experience; OR Master's degree with 4–6 years; OR PhD with 2–4 years Hands-on programming with solid data structures and algorithms Experience in systems design and development Strong knowledge of Java, Scala, C++, or Python; willingness to learn we are using Passion for clean code, quality, and detail Ability to work independently and in international teams Excellent communication and collaboration skills Open-minded and keen to learn and build great products Experience with Apache Iceberg or related technologies (nice to have) Experience with distributed computing or high availability systems (nice to have) Contributions to open-source projects (nice to have) SQL optimization experience (nice to have) strong collaboration problem-solving independence communication skills Java Scala C++