Senior Software Engineer (Remote)

Burlingame, CA🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $155,000–$155,000🗓 2026-08-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Building high-performance query capabilities and storage optimization for the Imply Lumi observability warehouse and Apache Druid.

Role type

Senior IC database engineer (query engine)

Builds

Imply Lumi (observability warehouse) and Apache Druid (open-source project)

Domain

Data infrastructure / Observability / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java, SQL planning, query optimization, vectorization, storage optimization, distributed systems, open-source contributions

Preferred skills

Hadoop, Spark, Presto, ElasticSearch internals

Technologies

Java, Apache Druid, SQL

Responsibilities

Extend Druid query engine and storage system, build complex query capabilities, collaborate with field engineering, contribute to Apache Druid community

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About Imply

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