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Senior Staff Software Engineer

· Job Posted January 26, 2026
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At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises. At Cloudera, our Data Services Pillar is the heart of data innovation. We don’t just work with technology; we build it. Our mission is to empower data practitioners by creating seamless, enterprise-grade experiences for data engineering, warehousing, streaming, operational databases, and AI. Cloudera is looking for an experienced performance Engineer to play a key role in driving performance and scale for our data warehouse offerings across multiple cloud providers.

Job Responsibility

  • Work with internal development teams and the open source community to proactively drive performance improvements/optimizations across our data warehouse stack
  • Work with product managers, developers and the field team to understand performance and scale requirements and customer workload characteristics, and develop benchmarks and related performance analysis tooling based on these requirements
  • Analyze performance and scalability characteristics to identify bottlenecks in large-scale distributed systems
  • Perform root cause analysis of performance issues identified by internal testing and from customers and suggest corrective actions
  • Evaluate performance of competitor systems

Requirements

  • 8+ years of industry experience in performance related work ideally on large scale distributed systems
  • Understanding of DBMS algorithms and data structure fundamentals
  • Understanding of hardware trends and full stack systems performance: CPU, RAM, storage, network, Linux kernel, JVM, distributed systems performance
  • Deep understanding of performance measurement methodologies and performance analysis tools and techniques
  • Strong design and coding skills (Java/C++/Golang/Python preferred)
  • Ability to work in a distributed setting with team members spread across multiple geographies
  • Demonstrated ability to work on large cross-functional projects, including strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, as you will be working with many teams inside and outside of Cloudera
  • Hands-on experience with containerization and Kubernetes
  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • Experience with the Hadoop ecosystem (i.e. Hive, Impala, Kudu)
  • Hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure and/or GCP)

What we offer

  • Generous PTO Policy
  • Support work life balance with Unplugged Days
  • Flexible WFH Policy
  • Mental & Physical Wellness programs
  • Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
  • Access to Continued Career Development
  • Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
  • Paid Volunteer Time
  • Employee Resource Groups
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