Starburst
About this role
Starburst builds the commercial platform around Trino, the distributed SQL query engine, and this
seat sits on the fully distributed Galaxy Reliability, Scalability and Efficiency team. You own the
reliability, scalability and efficiency, explicitly framed as performance per dollar, of Starburst
Galaxy as it grows. The work is core infrastructure around Trino itself plus what the posting nicely
calls "the machine that builds the machine", the tooling used to operate the SaaS at scale. Day to
day means backend infrastructure for product features, operational tooling, supporting the product in
production, and owning the APIs for provisioning and upgrading cloud infrastructure. Apply if you
want distributed query engine work, which is one of the more intellectually demanding corners of data
infrastructure.
seat sits on the fully distributed Galaxy Reliability, Scalability and Efficiency team. You own the
reliability, scalability and efficiency, explicitly framed as performance per dollar, of Starburst
Galaxy as it grows. The work is core infrastructure around Trino itself plus what the posting nicely
calls "the machine that builds the machine", the tooling used to operate the SaaS at scale. Day to
day means backend infrastructure for product features, operational tooling, supporting the product in
production, and owning the APIs for provisioning and upgrading cloud infrastructure. Apply if you
want distributed query engine work, which is one of the more intellectually demanding corners of data
infrastructure.
Who this is for
⚠️ This posting states no years of experience anywhere, so the figure is left empty rather than
guessed. That means this row sits in no experience band on the page filter. The title says Senior and
the scope is infrastructure ownership, so judge accordingly.
Requirements as stated. Experience with infrastructure as code and related tooling such as Pulumi or
Terraform. Prior experience developing for or operating Trino is described as a huge plus rather than
a requirement, which matters: it means Trino specific knowledge is not a gate.
The role. On the fully distributed Starburst Galaxy Reliability, Scalability and Efficiency team you
own the reliability, scalability and efficiency (performance per dollar) of Starburst Galaxy IaaS and
SaaS as it grows. You help design and build core infrastructure around Trino within the Galaxy
product itself, and build the tooling used to operate the SaaS at scale, which the posting describes
as "the machine that builds the machine". Daily work includes developing backend infrastructure for
product features, building operational tooling, supporting the product in production, and driving
collaboration with stakeholders on reliability, scalability and efficiency. On the Core Infrastructure
side you own the APIs for provisioning and upgrading cloud infrastructure.
Location. The posting lists India without naming a city, and describes the team as fully distributed,
though no explicit remote statement appears in the body, so confirm the working arrangement in the
first call rather than assuming.
Who this is for. A backend or infrastructure engineer who wants data infrastructure at the query
engine layer. Because Trino experience is explicitly a plus rather than a requirement, this is a
realistic way into distributed query systems for someone with strong general infrastructure skills.
The efficiency framing (performance per dollar) suggests cost engineering is a real part of the work.
guessed. That means this row sits in no experience band on the page filter. The title says Senior and
the scope is infrastructure ownership, so judge accordingly.
Requirements as stated. Experience with infrastructure as code and related tooling such as Pulumi or
Terraform. Prior experience developing for or operating Trino is described as a huge plus rather than
a requirement, which matters: it means Trino specific knowledge is not a gate.
The role. On the fully distributed Starburst Galaxy Reliability, Scalability and Efficiency team you
own the reliability, scalability and efficiency (performance per dollar) of Starburst Galaxy IaaS and
SaaS as it grows. You help design and build core infrastructure around Trino within the Galaxy
product itself, and build the tooling used to operate the SaaS at scale, which the posting describes
as "the machine that builds the machine". Daily work includes developing backend infrastructure for
product features, building operational tooling, supporting the product in production, and driving
collaboration with stakeholders on reliability, scalability and efficiency. On the Core Infrastructure
side you own the APIs for provisioning and upgrading cloud infrastructure.
Location. The posting lists India without naming a city, and describes the team as fully distributed,
though no explicit remote statement appears in the body, so confirm the working arrangement in the
first call rather than assuming.
Who this is for. A backend or infrastructure engineer who wants data infrastructure at the query
engine layer. Because Trino experience is explicitly a plus rather than a requirement, this is a
realistic way into distributed query systems for someone with strong general infrastructure skills.
The efficiency framing (performance per dollar) suggests cost engineering is a real part of the work.
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