Principal Software Engineer, Trino / PrestoDB

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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 an exceptional and passionate software engineer to join the Data Warehouse engineering team focused on building query federation capabilities. We are looking for engineers with experience in architecting and developing parallel and distributed SQL query engines to help drive innovation in Cloudera Data Platform (CDP). There is ample scope of collaboration and contribution to open source. This is an exciting opportunity to work on products that handle complex SQL query workloads on public or private clouds as part of CDP.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will:

• Work on new query federation initiatives as part of the Data Warehouse team.

• Collaborate with and contribute to the open source community.

• Have an exciting opportunity to work on products that handle complex SQL query workloads on public or private clouds as part of Cloudera Data Platform (CDP).

• Design and develop features for parallel and distributed query engines to help drive innovation in CDP.

• Focus on query optimization, performance and scalability of SQL queries.

• Lead cross-functional engagements with peer teams including Product Managers and mentor junior engineers on the team.

We're excited about you if you have:

• BS, MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

• 10+ years relevant industry experience designing and developing enterprise software with a strong understanding of scaling and performance

• Clean coding habits, attention to detail, and focus on quality

• Hands-on programmer with strong data structures and algorithms skills. Java experience desired.

• Good understanding of database internals, query processing and SQL query optimization

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Ability to work effectively on cross-functional projects

You may also have:

• Experience with a federation SQL engine such as Trino or PrestoDB is a big plus

• Experience with any of Apache Hive, Impala, Calcite open source projects or an RDBMS

• Experience with the Hadoop ecosystem, file formats like Parquet, ORC and table formats like Apache Iceberg

• Experience with public cloud infrastructures such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform

• Recognized contributions to open source projects

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

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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