Software Engineer II at Starburst

San Francisco, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Analytics, AIIndustries

Requirements

  • Passion for software engineering, with an interest in Infrastructure Engineering in particular
  • Cloud infrastructure architecture and orchestration experience
  • Experience developing software in Java and Typescript
  • Experience with infrastructure as code and related tooling such as Pulumi or Terraform
  • Prior experience in developing for or operating Trino (huge plus)
  • Demonstration of ownership, grit, and bias for action
  • Ability to travel occasionally for onboarding, offsites, customer engagements, and company events
  • Based in Boston or San Francisco office (hybrid model, onsite 2-3 days per week)

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of Starburst Galaxy service
  • Design and build the core operational infrastructure of the Starburst Galaxy service following the immutable cloud infrastructure paradigm
  • Continuously improve engineering processes, tests, and systems to scale the code base and team productivity
  • Provide considerate and timely review of peers' pull requests and design proposals
  • Own APIs for provisioning and upgrading cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • Build operational tooling and support product in production
  • Drive collaboration with stakeholders on reliability, scalability, and efficiency
  • Enable engineering organization with continuous delivery and tooling for developer environments
  • Provide tooling and infrastructure primitives for introspection and administration of Starburst Galaxy, including modifications to Trino and Galaxy services

Skills

Trino
AWS
Azure
GCP
APIs
Continuous Delivery
Observability
Infrastructure Provisioning
SaaS
Backend Infrastructure

Starburst

Data analytics and SQL engine distribution

About Starburst

Starburst specializes in data analytics by providing a distribution and support for the Trino SQL engine, which is designed for efficient and scalable analytics on data lakes and various data sources. Their products, Starburst Galaxy and Starburst Enterprise, allow clients to access and analyze data quickly, whether in the cloud or on-premises. Starburst connects seamlessly with popular data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI, and Looker, making it easier for users to integrate and access their data. What sets Starburst apart from competitors is its enhancement of the open-source Trino engine with additional connectors, security features, and dedicated enterprise support. The company's goal is to help organizations achieve faster data insights and better decision-making through improved analytics capabilities.

Boston, MassachusettsHeadquarters
2017Year Founded
$402.7MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Competitive salary & attractive stock grants
Remote-friendly work options
Quality & affordable insurance
Flexible & generous paid time off
Environment of transparency, honesty & respect

Risks

Increased competition from companies like Dell could impact Starburst's market share.
The rapid growth of unique data vendors may lead to increased market complexity.
Enterprises moving towards single-cloud strategies could challenge Starburst's multi-cloud offerings.

Differentiation

Starburst offers both cloud-based and on-premises solutions, catering to diverse client needs.
The company enhances the open-source Trino engine with additional connectors and security features.
Starburst's platform integrates with popular data tools like Tableau, Power BI, and Looker.

Upsides

Starburst Galaxy achieved 3x year-over-year growth in active customers and usage volume.
The platform enables 10X faster data processing and 66% cost reduction for clients like Arity.
Starburst's Icehouse platform leverages open-source Trino and Apache Iceberg for scalability.

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