Senior Staff Software Engineer
Cloudera
Business Area:
EngineeringSeniority Level:
Mid-Senior levelJob 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.
We are looking for passionate software engineers for our Stream-Processing Platform Engineering Team in Hungary/US. Our team is responsible for the development and maintenance of Streams Messaging products of Cloudera (featuring Kafka) and making it easily usable by the customers of our platform. Kafka is a general-purpose distributed messaging/streaming technology designed for low latency, high throughput, massive scalability and high reliability. Kafka is the fundamental streaming technology in our platform to ingest, process and analyze large scale message streams.
As a Senior Software Engineer you will…
Expertise in the Kafka ecosystem and large scale stream processing and become the go-to person in a wide range of questions related to the technology
Identify improvement areas to make Kafka more robust and more supportable and more secure resulting in an enterprise grade distribution of Kafka for our customers
Extend monitoring and management capabilities of our platform to make Kafka easy to adopt and operate
Modify and update software application after delivery to correct errors and to improve performance
Develop and maintain automated tests, their associated frameworks, tools, and processes
Lead projects and coordinate with other engineers and stakeholders internally and in the open-source community to analyze complex requirements, design,implement and test solutions
Focus on both functional and non-functional aspects and deliver high-quality and secure products
Help releasing our software
Help customers adopting new versions of our software
Help troubleshooting customer issues, find the root cause of complex technical problems and provide guidance to system engineers for fixing those in production systems
Demonstrate an open, agile mindset, suggest and implement ideas to continuously improve processes used by the team in a collaborative manner
We are excited if you have …
Relevant studies / BS or MS in Computer Science or related field.
4+ years of experience in designing, developing and testing software solutions
Strong Java skills and proficiency with the whole Java ecosystem
Experience in the Linux environment
Experience with Kafka or other distributed messaging technology
Experience with delivery pipeline tools, CI/CD solutions, automated testing
Analytical mindset to be able to understand complex software systems
Self-driven, proactive and motivated personality, with the ability to effectively work even on loosely defined tasks independently and in a team
Open, agile attitude, focusing on continuous improvement
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
You may also have ...
Experience with Kafka or other distributed messaging technology
Experience in open-source software development
Have been (or are interested in being) a contributor or “committer” to the Apache Kafka project
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCE)
Experience with containerization orchestration technologies: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
Big data experience
Experience in designing, implementing and debugging multithreaded and distributed systems
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
Employee Resource Groups
Cloudera is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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