# Senior Software Engineer, Connectors

**Company:** [Starburst](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/starburst)
**Location:** Boston, MA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $185k – $215k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Java, trino, Distributed Systems, apache iceberg, Delta Lake, hive, open source development
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Senior Software Engineer building and optimizing 50+ data connectors for Trino-based query engine at Starburst. Requires extensive Java and distributed systems experience; hybrid in Boston with 25% travel.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain Connectors in Open Source Trino, the Starburst Enterprise Platform, or Starburst Galaxy.
- Starburst offers to its customers over 50 connectors that are critical to their business operations across a wide range of data sources.
- Find ingenious ways to speed up complex queries without sacrificing correctness of the results.
- Collaborate with your team members and other teams globally and operate in a fast paced environment.
- Prioritize focused work, ensuring minimal time is spent in formal meetings, allowing you to concentrate on coding and PR reviews.
- Clearly articulate your ideas in writing across various communication channels like Slack, GitHub PRs, and Design Documents.
- Provide exceptional customer support for both internal and external customers.

## Requirements
- Prior experience developing distributed systems.
- Extensive software development experience with Java.
- Demonstrated experience with software engineering and design best practices.
- Appreciation for creating maintainable, performant, and high quality software as part of a high-performing globally distributed team of engineers.
- Intrinsic motivation for improving your software engineering craftsmanship.
- Significant autonomy and ownership.
- Curiosity to see what other engineering teams are doing and ability to connect the dots.
- Demonstration of Ownership, Grit, and Bias for Action.
- Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Familiarity with using a Query Engine (Storage and Compute separation).
- Data Engineering expertise.
- Understanding the Data Engineer's perspective is valuable in driving innovation within data lakehouse architectures.
- Experience with Iceberg, Delta Lake, and/or Hive table format sync.
- Experience in contributing to larger scale Open-Source Software.
- Ability to push forward and deliver functionality while respecting your peers, keeping in mind Correctness, Quality, Performance, Code maintainability.

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