Senior Data Connectivity Engineer, Voltron Data

Salary not provided

Java

Postgres

C++

MySQL

Senior level

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

Enterprise support for Apache Arrow

Job no longer available

Enterprise support for Apache Arrow

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseAnalyticsSaaSData Analysis

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

Java

Postgres

C++

MySQL

Senior level

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseAnalyticsSaaSData Analysis

Company mission

To bring the best of open-source together and build bridges across the data analytics ecosystem with Apache Arrow.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience with C++ (especially C++11 or later) and/or Java
Experience working with databases and/or data analytics frameworks
Experience implementing database drivers such as ODBC, JDBC, and/or others
Experience with database wire protocols such as Postgres, MySQL, and/or others
Experience with technologies like gRPC and Protobuf

What the job involves

Spending time learning about key data connectivity protocols and interfaces components like Arrow Flight, Substrait, Arrow Flight SQL, ADBC, and more
Spending time learning about other projects that would like to adopt these components
Learning and embracing the Apache development process by making contributions to Apache Arrow
Regularly contributing to Apache Arrow to help grow and sustain the data connectivity components
Contributing to other projects in adopting the data connectivity components
Triaging, root causing, and resolving bugs and issues in the data connectivity components
Reviewing contributions from the community and helping to shepherd contributions through getting accepted
Contributing to architecture and design discussions to grow and evolve data connectivity capabilities in the Apache Arrow project
Reviewing work in other projects in adopting the data connectivity components
Driving architecture and design discussions to continue growing and evolving data connectivity capabilities in the Apache Arrow project
Driving architecture and design discussions for other projects to adopt the data connectivity components

Our take

Voltron Data offers enterprise support to companies using the increasingly popular open source Apache Arrow software development platform. Its flagship service is designed specifically for companies that wish to leverage the power of Apache Arrow, but are unable or unwilling to handle the intricacies of Arrow.

The strong links to Apache Arrow are easy to explain, as co-founders Wes McKinney and Joshua Patterson were heavily involved in the creation and rise in popularity of the Apache Arrow project. In a way, a major part of Voltron Data’s remit is to promote the software development platform, while making it more palatable and user-friendly for customers.

With the likes of Google and Microsoft now adopting Apache Arrow into their own projects, Voltron Data has been able to attract incredible amounts of investment, despite only launching its first commercial product in early 2022. Voltron Data has focused on growing all aspects of its team and acquired real-time AI platform startup Claypot AI in 2024, indicating that it's maintaining its momentum.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

1% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.8)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Feb 2022

$88m

SERIES A

Feb 2022

$22m

SEED

Total funding: $110m

Company benefits

Work from Anywhere - Payroll and Benefits in 150+ Countries
Unlimited PTO
Medical, Dental, and Vision
Retirement [USA Only]
Home Office Budget
Continuing Education Budget

Company HQ

Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Joshua Patterson

(CEO)

Former Data Science Principal at Accenture Technology Labs, former Senior Director for Rapids.ai, an end to end platform for accelerating data science on NVIDIA GPU.

Wes McKinney

(Senior Advisor)

Before co-founding Voltron Data, they were a part of the Project Management Committee for the creation of the Apache Arrow project. Creator of the Python pandas project, which made Python the go-to language for data science, machine learning and AI.

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