Starburst Engineer/SME
Core
Lead the end-to-end technical onboarding of new data catalogs in Starburst, serving as the primary interface between downstream analytical consumers and upstream data source owners.
Role type
Senior IC Application Development Lead (Starburst/Trino)
Builds
Standardized, reusable Data Products using Starburst and open data formats
Domain
Data Engineering / Data Federation / Cloud Platforms
Required skills
Starburst Data Federation, Trino architecture, Apache Ranger, Iceberg table format, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, RESTful APIs, CI/CD, Unix shell scripting, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, Pytest, TDD, Git workflows
Preferred skills
Agile/Scrum, Polyglot programming (Java), Banking domain experience, AI tools (Copilot/Devin/Claude)
Technologies
Starburst, Trino, Apache Ranger, Iceberg, Hive, Oracle, MongoDB, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, AWS, Azure, GCP
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end technical onboarding of new data catalogs in Starburst; Establish operational guidelines with resource and query limits; Implement and govern centralized authorization policies using RBAC and Row-Level Filters; Define data onboarding standards for Hive/Iceberg table formats; Validate and tune pushdown capabilities for newly onboarded data sources; Partner with enterprise teams to design and publish standardized Data Products; Lead and mentor a global data engineering and platform operations team
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities