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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.

Impala is a distributed, massively parallel processing (MPP) database engine that supports a wide range of analytic workloads, from subsecond interactive dashboards with hundreds of concurrent users to petabyte-scale rich data exploration.

Cloudera actively contributes to the open-source Impala project (http://impala.apache.org/) while also providing deep integration with other components of Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) and containerized Cloud Data Warehouse (CDW) environments.

We are looking for an experienced engineer who is familiar with databases, SQL query engines and distributed systems to help us drive innovation and maintain industry-leading performance of the Impala engine.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will:

• Write code for Apache Impala and related components.

• Review code contributed by other members of the Impala team.

• Review contributions to Apache Impala by open source community.

• Author design documents.

• Review design documents.

• Assist Customer Support in troubleshooting Apache Impala.

• Help foster open source community by answering questions and participating in discussions in Apache Impala Slack channels and Apache Impala mailing lists.

We’re excited about you if you have:

• Solid modern C++ (or Java skills).

• 3+ years of experience writing software.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and collaborative mindset.

• Comfortable interacting online with a worldwide open-source community.

• Strong grasp of algorithms and data structure fundamentals: O(log n) vs. O(n) matters a lot when N is 100 petabytes.

• Experience with distributed, multi-threaded, and multi-process systems.

You may also have:

• Experience with database concepts, RDBMS internals and SQL.

• Experience with public cloud infrastructure, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.

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

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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