Principal Software Engineer Operational Databases

Business Area : Engineering

Seniority Level : Director

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.

The Data Platform Pillar is the bedrock of Cloudera's technology, where we design and build the core components that let our customers store, manage, and process data with unmatched scalability, security, and performance.

We are looking for an exceptional and passionate software engineer with a strong distributed systems background to join the OpDB (Operational Database) team in the USA. The Operational Database team is responsible for the development of Cloudera Operational Database, Apache HBase, Phoenix, ZooKeeper and related projects.

Cloudera Operational Database (aka. COD) is a public cloud based solution based on Apache HBase and Phoenix

HBase is the Hadoop database, a distributed, scalable, big data store and is one of the most widely used components in Hadoop, an essential tool for data engineering.

Phoenix adds an SQL flavour to HBase, combining the SQL world with the scalability of HBase.

ZooKeeper is the high availability coordination service of the Big Data world and is one of the most widely used components in the Hadoop ecosystem, an essential tool for coordinating component instances in large clusters.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be working in the USA based development team led by an Engineering Manager and together with its Hungary and India based peer teams you will develop, distribute and support COD, HBase, Phoenix and ZooKeeper. You will help us move our products to the next level, to be more supportable, enterprise ready and feature-rich so that more and more enterprises could start using them.

As a Principal Engineer, you will...

Be directly involved in the design and implementation of the core feature set of Apache HBase, Apache Phoenix, Cloudera Operational Database and related projects.

Help develop our roadmap by identifying issues and bottlenecks, analyzing and implementing changes and fixes in the components, increasing their overall robustness and reliability for the whole of the Apache community

As part of OpDB engineering, you will support enterprise customers running 100s of petabytes-scale operational database systems.

Partner with Engineering leaders, product managers, and cross-functional teams as a part of the Cloudera ecosystem in understanding requirements and turning them into a solid design and implementation, and facilitating integration and adoption.

Integrate the latest changes from Apache HBase, Phoenix and ZooKeeper into our distribution

Additionally, in this role, you will be responsible for leading a talented group of engineers working on the feature and mentoring junior engineers.

Work together with your teammates in all locations and with other component developers, making sure that our solutions operate flawlessly in the platform.

We are excited about you if you have...

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and 10+ years of experience

Strong backend engineering skill set with expertise in Java, or strong C++ skills, with intermediate Java expertise

Passion about programming. Clean coding habits, attention to detail, and focus on quality

Solid experience with system software design and development with a strong understanding of computer architecture, storage, network, and IO subsystems, and distributed systems

Hands-on programmer with strong data structures and algorithms skillset

Experience working in Linux environments

Good verbal and written communication skills in English

Solid interpersonal skills conducive to a distributed team environment

Ability to take ownership for large scale projects and leadership skills to drive them to success

You might also have...

Strong background in a distributed database systems, including database storage internals, NoSQL storage

Strong background in performance tuning, identifying performance bottlenecks, and implementing performance optimizations

Strong understanding of the Apache Big Data ecosystem and over 3+ years of experience in database systems

Recognized contributions to open source projects

Experience using projects such as HBase, Phoenix, Accumulo, Cassandra, etc., is a big plus

Good Understanding of database development, distributed database systems, scaling, performance tuning

Experience with cloud infrastructure is a great plus

Why this role matters :

You will tackle complex distributed systems challenges, crafting the foundational software for the control and data planes that powers CDP and keeps it running at massive scale. Working at the forefront of hybrid and multi-cloud technology, you will empower data scientists, engineers, and analysts with the tools and infrastructure they need for advanced analytics and modeling.

Collaboration is key, you will work alongside brilliant minds across product, data science, and engineering to drive innovation, standardize best practices, and shape the future of enterprise AI and data platforms. This is your chance to build the future of data and see your work make a global impact.

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

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

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