Engineering Site Lead
Core
Anchor and shape Starburst's engineering presence in India, defining capabilities, culture, and business outcomes while collaborating closely with Warsaw, Boston, and SF hubs.
Role type
Senior engineering leader (site lead)
Builds
India engineering organization, platform capabilities (benchmarking, upgrades, integrations), and employer brand in India
Domain
Data infrastructure, distributed systems, enterprise intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering leadership, building engineering presence from scratch, distributed systems, data engineering, hiring and retention, customer engagement, cross-timezone collaboration, open source familiarity
Preferred skills
Data lakehouse/query engines, cloud infrastructure, experience at Confluent/Databricks/Snowflake/Cloudera, working with Central/Eastern Europe teams
Technologies
Python, Java, SQL, Spark, Trino, Presto, Apache Iceberg
Responsibilities
Lead engineering efforts focusing on outcomes, define the shape of the India engineering org, own local engineering culture and hiring bar, engage directly with enterprise customers, partner with Sales and Customer Success, build strong working relationships with Warsaw hub
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
