At Cloudera, we believe that data can make what is impossible today, possible tomorrow.
Senior Software Engineer
Location
United States + 1 moreAll locations: United States, Georgia
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
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.
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.
Cloudera is looking for an exceptional and passionate software engineer to join the Storage Engineering team focused on building Apache Ozone. The Storage team is responsible for the primary storage and storage access layers which are core to the Cloudera Data Platform. Apache Ozone (https://ozone.apache.org) is an open source project purposed to build a massively scalable distributed object store. Ozone is designed to scale to thousands of nodes, tens of billions of objects and overcome the limitations of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:
You will be directly involved in the design and implementation of the core feature set of Apache Ozone and Apache Ratis (open-source RAFT implementation)
You will regularly contribute code and design docs to the Apache open-source community.
As part of storage engineering, you will support enterprise customers running 100s of petabytes-scale big data analytics and ML/AI pipelines.
You will partner with Engineering leaders, product managers, and cross-functional teams as a part of the Cloudera Data platform ecosystem in understanding requirements and turning them into a solid design and implementation, and facilitating integration and adoption.
We’re excited about you if you have:
BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science
Masters +3 years or Bachelors +5 years of relevant industry experience
Strong backend engineering skill set with expertise in Java. Alternatively strong C++ skills with intermediate Java skills.
Hands-on programmer with a good knowledge of data-structures and CS algorithms.
Experience with system software design and development with an understanding of computer architecture, storage, network, and IO subsystems
Clean coding habits, attention to detail, and focus on quality
Good oral and written communication
You may also have:
Experience with large-scale, distributed systems design and development with an understanding of scaling, replication, consistency, and high availability
Background in a distributed storage system including file systems, database storage internals, no-sql storage or distributed hash tables
Background in performance tuning, identifying performance bottlenecks, and implementing performance optimizations
Good understanding of Apache Hadoop
Recognized contributions to open source projects
Experience using projects in the Apache Hadoop ecosystem such as MapReduce, HBase, Hive, Spark etc. is a big plus
Understanding of Paxos, RAFT, or equivalent distributed consensus protocols.
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
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