Cloudera
Cloudera is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Data Warehouse engineering team, focusing on building query federation capabilities for the Cloudera Data Platform. The role involves designing and developing features for parallel and distributed SQL query engines, optimizing performance and scalability, and collaborating with open‑source communities and cross‑functional teams.
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, United States
Company Size
1001-5000 employees
Founded
2008
Cloudera is the only hybrid data and AI platform company that brings AI to data anywhere — in clouds, data centers, and at the edge. Their platform enables enterprises to accelerate AI, deliver consistent cloud experiences, and unify data across complex hybrid environments. Cloudera serves global industries including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, and manufacturing.
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Staff Software Engineer
Fivetran
Sr Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)
Workday
Software Engineer, Systems
Eventual
Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure
Member of Technical Staff (SQL Queries)
Cockroach Labs
Lead deep work on PostgreSQL internals (index access methods, operator classes) to design, implement and evolve indexing strategies for largescale unstructured / semi-structured data. Extend PostgreSQL's query engine by analyzing execution plans, introducing BSON aware operators, custom scan nodes and new cursor/continuation semantics to match NoSQL query needs and ensure efficient execution at scale. Design and tune index pruning strategies that keep large tables and indexes lean without regressing query performance. Collaborate across the PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Linux Foundation hosted DocumentDB communities to share vision, align on roadmap priorities, and contribute features that advance the open source DocumentDB engine. Profile and analyze distributed system to identify performance bottlenecks. Conduct and participate in design/code reviews and help shape and steer the team coding guidelines. Embody our culture and values Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Experience with internals of PostgreSQL or similar Enterprise Database Management system, including Storage Engine and High Availability. Experience building Distributed Systems with strong guarantees. 2+ years of experience in designing, developing and shipping system level features in a large-scale cloud application or a backend distributed system. 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining high-performance libraries or software engineering with a focus on large distributed systems involving concurrency, storage systems or databases.
Microsoft