Staff Software Engineer - Database

Posted 2026-06-26
Remote, USA Full-time Immediate Start

Business Area:
Engineering
Seniority Level:
Mid-Senior level
Job Description:
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 Staff Software Engineer, you will:
Help build complex database systems.

Design, code and implement elegant, scalable, enterprise-quality application services

Take charge of a team of Engineers and be the technical advocate for the team. Advocate for the implementation of Engineering best practices and coding standards

Build strong relationships and collaborate with platform and UI engineers, quality engineers, UX designers, as well as, Product Management, Field Engineering, and other external partners

Work to enhance developer velocity and team agility

We’re excited about you if you have:
Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

8+ 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 & Python 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 SQL engine, ELT (Extract Load Transform) or Python libraries

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

Experience with the Hadoop ecosystem and file formats like Parquet, ORC

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

Recognized contributions to open source projects

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

EEO/VEVRAA

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