Staff Software Engineer
Design and implement query optimization and distributed data processing algorithms for Snowflake's petabyte-scale cloud database. Own end-to-end delivery of large-scale systems projects and mentor junior engineers.
Staff Software Engineer - Flink Control Plane
Develops Flink control plane services for job lifecycle orchestration, Kubernetes operators for serverless management, and APIs for multi-tenancy. Requires 10+ years experience in distributed systems, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure.
236k – 277kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringRemote10+ YOE
About the role
What You Will Do
- Develop control plane services orchestrating Flink job lifecycles (submission, scaling, recovery); build Kubernetes operators and orchestrators for serverless resource management; design APIs for job management, multi-tenancy, and isolation.
- Ensure code quality, test coverage, documentation, and maintainability.
- Design components, discuss designs, and moderate decisions with stakeholders.
- Maintain team processes, lead meetings, take initiatives, and participate in on-call rotations.
- Mentor engineers in control plane architecture and serverless Apache Flink.
What You Will Bring
- 10+ years of relevant software development experience.
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems orchestration (Kubernetes, control loops); experience with high-scale control planes, API servers, cloud-native infrastructure; containerization, networking, resource isolation.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Skills
KubernetesApache FlinkDistributed SystemsControl PlaneAPI DesignContainerizationServerlessCloud-Native InfrastructureOperatorsOrchestrators
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