Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform
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Senior Software Engineer designing, developing, and testing distributed data platform software for real-time analytics, working on Apache Pinot and related systems.
About this role
At StarTree we're a group of passionate individuals that desire to improve the lives of many by developing tools and technologies that support availability and speed in the world of real-time analytics.
Our aim is to make it simple for every company to delight their users - external and internal - and create new revenue streams from their data, by building the world’s most comprehensive and accessible cloud analytics system.
Team and Responsibilities
Apache Pinot is a distributed analytics data store that is rapidly becoming the go-to solution for building real-time analytical applications at scale. Pinot stands out in this crowded space due to its ability to deliver low-latency performance for high-throughput analytical queries. For instance, Pinot powers mission-critical use cases, such as LinkedIn’s “Who Viewed My Profile” and Uber’s “Restaurant Manager,” which require the ability to execute high-throughput (thousands of requests/second) analytical queries within milliseconds.
Be a part of our team building an end-end solution around Apache Pinot. You'll get to work on cutting edge distributed systems (messaging, OLAP, stream processing) and be part of the innovation for 1 click analytics.
Job Description
- Design, develop, and test distributed software applications.
- Design and implement fault tolerant systems to ensure service availability and guarantees in the presence of catastrophic failures.
- Evaluate and analyze requirements from other engineering teams for various applications.
- Coordinate with other teams to resolve urgent software issues in deployed services.
- Leverage various monitoring and alerting services to solve intricate programming problems at scale.
Skills:
- Programming language concepts: Java, Go, Python
- Relational database concepts, familiarity with SQL
- Debugging and monitoring for production services
- Operating System Concepts: Networking, Multi-threading, POSIX
- UNIX/LINUX Scripting
- Dependency management tools such as Maven, Artifactory,
- Source control system: git and svn
About StarTree:
StarTree is a cloud-based software company that enables business customers to derive advanced insights from real-time and historical data. StarTree was founded by the core software engineering team and inventors of Apache Pinot, which currently powers hundreds of user-facing applications at companies across industries, including LinkedIn, Uber, Target, 7Eleven, Etsy, Walmart, WePay, Factual, Weibo, and more. StarTree Cloud has enabled even more companies to deploy and operate real-time analytics at scale, including Stripe, Sovrn, Roadie, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Dialpad, Guitar Center, Blinkit, and more.
StarTree recently announced our Series B Funding with investment from GGV Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and CRV. We have been named one of The Information's 50 Most Promising Startups and one of CRN's 10 Coolest Cloud Computing Startup Companies of 2022!
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