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 global 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 / Incentivos 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++

📌 Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Apache Iceberg (Palma)
🏢 Cloudera
📍 Palma