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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.

Impala is an established SQL Data Warehouse engine that facilitates low-latency analytical queries on petabyte-scale data. Impala is employed by many fortune 500 companies for a wide range of analytic workloads, from subsecond interactive dashboards with hundreds of concurrent users to rich data exploration.

Cloudera actively contributes to the open-source Impala project (http://impala.apache.org/) while also extending it to serve as the data warehousing component of Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) and in containerized environments as Cloud Data Warehouse (CDW).

We are looking for a seasoned engineer who is familiar with databases, HPC, and distributed systems to help us drive innovation and maintain industry-leading performance of the Impala engine.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will:

• Design and implement query engine components for low latency and scalability

• Lead projects in adding new functionality in distributed systems and dealing with concepts of performance, fault-tolerance.

• Design and implement Impala features in both the on-premise and cloud space.

• Contribute to productivity, process and infrastructure improvement.

• Work with product managers and customers to understand requirements.

• Analyze large-scale distributed systems to identify performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, failure points, and security holes

• Formulate and present your architecture and design documents internally and to the open source community

• Contribute to software productivity process and infrastructure improvements

• Publicize Impala through blogs and conference presentations.

We’re excited about you if you have: (Minimum Qualifications)

• 3+ years professional software development.

• Experience leading and delivering complex product enhancements.

• Experience in writing high-performance, enterprise-quality code in C++ or Java.

• Familiar with database concepts and Linux development environments.

• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning skills.

• Excellent communication skills.

You may also have: (Preferred Qualifications)

• Prior involvement in open source community, especially related Apache technologies

• Experience with data warehouse and/or database internals

• Experience with cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and cloud object storage

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

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