Principal/Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloudera

• Distributed Systems Visionary: You have 8-10+ years of experience building and scaling robust products. You understand the trade-offs of low-latency, high-throughput systems at a fundamental level
• Java Ecosystem Authority: You don't just write Java; you understand the JVM. You have a deep track record of building concurrent, high-performance applications
• Orchestration Mastery: You are a Kubernetes and Docker power user. You understand how to leverage containerization to build portable, resilient services
• Engineering Craft: You have a strong sense of ownership and a bias for action. You believe in clean architecture, maintainable patterns, and the "Senior Staff" level of software design

Desirable

• We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer (IC5) who is, at heart, a formidable developer
• You aren't here to follow a checklist; you are here to be the technical sovereign of our Flink ecosystem
• You will influence and build the core foundation of our most critical streaming analytics components, pushing the boundaries of distributed systems to ship code that enables millions of events to be processed
• Technical Elite: Act as the developer and contributor for Apache Flink and the Cloudera streaming analytics suite. You help set the technical direction and decide how we solve the hardest problems
• Engineered for Anywhere: Design and build the next generation of features that make our streaming core work best on Anywhere Cloud
• Force Multiplier through Code: You lead by example. You’ll informally drive technical projects and mentor senior engineers by setting the standard for what "high-craftsmanship" code looks like
• Bridge the Strategy Gap: Partner with Product Management to turn visionary ideas into working prototypes and eventually, hardened production services. Your idea on the roadmap
• Deep-Tissue Troubleshooting: When the most complex distributed system failures occur, you are the ultimate escalation point. You dive into the internals of the JVM, K8s, and Flink to find the "why."
• We are seeking a developer who treats streaming analytics as a creative discipline and is obsessed with performance and scale