Software Engineer II – Pricing
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Staff Software Engineer
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full-time
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Location: Colorado • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
Tech Stack
AnsibleApacheCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoHDFSJavaKafkaLinuxPythonScalaSparkSQLTerraform
About the role
- Lead design and development of Infinia Data Engine execution and query layers
- Design autonomous logic for optimizing SQL and non-SQL analytic queries to leverage distributed infrastructure
- Implement high-performance indexing for structured and non-structured data (B-epsilon trees, full-text indexing, vectorization)
- Develop internal systems for high-throughput data access and transformation using Parquet, ORC, and Avro
- Engineer integration layers supporting Trino, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, HDFS, and Hive Metastore
- Build and tune execution plans leveraging Infinia’s high-throughput I/O and compute capabilities
- Analyze and optimize distributed query execution, data storage, caching, and memory usage
- Write automated tests to validate correctness and performance across varied cluster topologies
- Contribute to and collaborate with open-source ecosystems
- Partner with Data Scientists, Platform Engineers, and Product Managers to deliver integrated end-to-end solutions
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and design direction to other engineers on the team
- Participate in an on-call rotation and deliver performant, production-ready connectors and execution engines
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in software development
- 5+ years in distributed systems, data platforms, or big data technologies
- Expert-level knowledge of SQL, Python, and Java or Scala
- Experience working with Apache Spark, distributed query engines, or distributed databases
- Strong familiarity with HDFS, Hive Metastore, and data partitioning strategies
- Familiarity with file formats Parquet, ORC, and Avro
- Hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg and/or Delta Lake (preferred)
- Background in real-time data streaming using tools such as Apache Kafka (preferred)
- Prior experience with C++ (preferred)
- Prior contributions to open-source projects; committer status is a plus (preferred)
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers
- Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support as needed
