Sr. Software Engineer

Business Area:

Engineering

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

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.

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 Sr. Software Engineer you will:

• Be a part of building a disruptor in the distributed storage space and have a huge impact on the big data and cloud computing industry.

• Get a chance to be involved with the Apache Ratis project. Apache Ratis is an open source Java implementation for RAFT consensus protocol.

• Be involved in solving deep systems level engineering challenges while designing/implementing Apache Ozone/ Ratis feature sets.

• Directly contribute to Open source Apache projects and build pedigree.

• Help support customers by solving critical escalations and gain a deep understanding of the Data Platform.​

• Represent Cloudera and Apache Ozone at technical conferences, meetup events, etc.

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

The expected base salary for this role in California is $144,000 - $180,000

The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location

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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