Staff Software Engineer
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About the Position
Staff Software Engineer
Warsaw, Poland
About Starburst
Starburst delivers enterprise intelligence at scale by giving organizations secure, governed access to all their data, wherever it lives. Built for distributed data environments, Starburst helps enterprises power AI and analytics without the cost and complexity of traditional data consolidation. With open standards including Trino and Apache Iceberg, Starburst enables trusted access to complete enterprise context while helping organizations avoid vendor lock-in. Leading global enterprises trust Starburst to fuel AI, analytics, and enterprise intelligence. Learn more at starburst.ai.
About the Role
As a Staff Engineer on the Spark Job Manager and Starburst Enterprise team, you will own critical backend and platform components that orchestrate distributed compute (Spark, Trino) for enterprise customers. You will lead the design and implementation of JVM-based services and the surrounding infrastructure: Kubernetes deployments, Docker image strategy, CI/CD automation, AWS integrations, and secure enterprise authentication flows. This is a staff-level role requiring architectural leadership, cross-team influence, and long-term platform ownership.
Responsibilities
- Own critical backend and platform components that orchestrate distributed compute (Spark, Trino) for enterprise customers.
- Lead the design and implementation of JVM-based services and the surrounding infrastructure, including Kubernetes deployments, Docker image strategy, CI/CD automation, AWS integrations, and secure enterprise authentication flows.
- Provide architectural leadership, cross-team influence, and long-term platform ownership.
Requirements
- Deep Backend Engineering & Distributed Systems
- Infrastructure & Operations
- Staff-Level Impact
- Highly Preferred Experience
Ability to Travel
This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.
Location
This role is based in our Warsaw office and follows a hybrid model, with an expectation of being onsite 2-3 days per week.
Salary
Salary ranges: 440,000 - 540,000 PLN annually
We Offer
Build your career at Starburst with:
- Opportunity and freedom to realize your true potential
- Support from a competitive Total Rewards program
- A commitment to fostering an intentional, inclusive, and diverse culture
Starburst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Enterprise Intelligence,Data Engineering,AI and Machine Learning
About the Company Starburst is a flexible data platform built on Trino and Apache Iceberg, designed to provide fast, secure access to data across various environments including clouds, on-premises, and hybrid setups. It enables organizations to unify distributed data without requiring data movement, offering a unified context layer for querying and analyzing data. Products, Services & Tech Stack Core Solutions: Enterprise Intelligence Platform Federated query engine Data lakehouse solutions AI data access and decision-making tools Technologies & Frameworks: Trino Apache Iceberg AIDA (AI Data Agents) Project Scope & Target Clients Client Base: Organizations with distributed data across multiple platforms Enterprises looking for fast, governed analytics without centralizing data Engineering Scale: Projects involving high-concurrency analytics Modernization of data platforms using Iceberg and open formats Building scalable data strategies with reduced data movement
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