About the role

Starburst is looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to sit at the intersection of software engineering and data engineering — building the internal platforms, pipelines, and data products that power how we understand our customers and our business. You'll work across Starburst Enterprise and Starburst Galaxy, using our own technology to solve real problems at scale, while also contributing software that other teams depend on.

Because data engineers are one of our primary target personas, you'll bring a uniquely valuable perspective: you'll use our products daily and feed that experience directly back into how we build and improve them. You'll work closely with a dynamic, talented, globally distributed team, writing production-quality software alongside building reliable data systems — with a consistent emphasis on quality, maintainability, and speed to insight.

As a Staff Software Engineer at Starburst you will:

• Design, build, and operate a high-quality data lake and the software systems that feed it, supporting product management, finance, customer support, and engineering
• Write production-grade software — services, APIs, tooling, and automation — that enables data workflows and integrations at scale
• Find innovative ways to use Trino and Starburst to solve complex data management and software architecture challenges
• Collaborate with technical leads, product managers, and data analysts to build robust data products and analytics
• Leverage AI to democratize access to datasets for users throughout Starburst, including building and maintaining the software infrastructure that makes this possible
• Enable dataset preparation and model evaluation for Starburst's AI projects
• Define and evolve engineering processes and best practices that span both software and data domains, with a focus on reliability and actionable results
• Work closely with leaders across teams to iterate on data architecture and the software systems that implement it, keeping quality high at every layer
• Identify emerging patterns in data management and software engineering, and work with Starburst's product teams to bring those innovations to market

Some of the things we look for

• A Trino enthusiast looking to push the bounds in an AI future
• At least 7 years of combined experience in software engineering and/or data engineering, with genuine depth in both
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: writing clean, testable, well-reviewed code in Java, Python, or Scala
• Experience building and optimizing data pipelines using Trino, Spark, dbt, and related frameworks
• Experience designing and building backend services, APIs, and data platform components
• Experience managing data and application infrastructure in public clouds, particularly AWS (EMR, EC2, S3, IAM); multi-cloud experience (GCP/Azure) is a plus
• Experience using and managing orchestration frameworks such as Apache Airflow or Dagster
• Knowledge of RAG and other design patterns for AI-powered applications
• Fluency in SQL and comfort moving between SQL and general-purpose programming as the task demands
• Experience building API integrations for extracting data from third-party sources
• Knowledge of data modeling techniques appropriate for modern data lakes
• Proficiency with Configuration-as-Code and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, and/or Ansible
• A track record of shipping reliable software and data systems on time, with disciplined practices around testing, code quality, and review
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the organizational ability to coordinate across teams

Where could this role be based?

• San Francisco, US

About the role

As a Starburst Data Customer Support Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting our SEP (Starburst Enterprise Platform) and Galaxy customers that submit break/fix and other technical inquiries. You will work on a wide range of support matters including but not limited to configuration, security, integration and cluster issues to ensure our customers can maximize their experience with Starburst products. Additionally, this role serves as a liaison to ensuring that customers receive appropriate and timely service.

We’re looking for highly motivated individuals with backgrounds in deploying and debugging complex systems. Background in distributed systems, Hadoop, cloud technologies, security, DBMSs, and navigating a complex Java codebase are beneficial technical skills. Equally important are strong communication skills, and the ability to function in a fast-paced dynamic environment when needed. Trino encompasses a wide range of technologies, therefore a curiosity to learn and explore various approaches and solutions is a must, and most important is the desire and ability to learn and work cross-functionally in a highly customer-success-oriented company.

As a Customer Support Engineer at Starburst you will: 

• Respond to and resolve Galaxy & SEP customer inquiries via chat, email, or call session, within specified SLA windows
• Contribute to our customer-facing self-serve knowledge base
• Collaborate with our pre and post-sales teams to ensure cross-functional alignment and customer satisfaction
• Enthusiastically participate in ongoing personal learning including active participation in team training and development. 
• Escalate and manage escalated issues with Engineering to ensure good outcomes for our customers

Some of the things we look for: 

• Big Data (Hadoop, Data Lakes, Spark)
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Security
• Authentication (LDAP, OAuth2.0)
• Authorization technologies
• SSL/TLS
• Linux Skills
• DBMS Concepts/SQL Exposure 
• Languages: SQL, Java, Python, Bash

Where could this role be based?

United States - EST Locations

Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.

About the role

We are seeking a customer-driven Senior Product Manager to lead Starburst’s new insights platform. Your primary focus will be to deliver product experiences which empower admins to intelligently manage their Starburst deployments. You will collaborate closely with other product managers, engineering, and go-to-market teams to define the product vision, prioritize features, and guide execution. Success in this role means aligning product strategy with business goals, championing the voice of the customer, and driving customer growth by ensuring the product delivers valuable insights.

As a Senior Product Manager at Starburst you will:

• Build and deliver on a roadmap that balances the needs of customers and internal teams with clear prioritization based on data driven customer insights.
• Collaborate with teams globally across multiple time zones and operate in an Agile development environment.
• Deeply empathize with and understand the Starburst administrator persona.
• Own cross-functional interactions for your features.
• Collect and summarize usage data/dashboards for decision making and OKR tracking.

Some of the things we look for:

• 3+ years experience as a Product Manager or Technical Product Manager.
• Proven ability to create easily consumable user experiences for complex technical products, particularly agentic AI experiences.
• Deep understanding of the technical landscape and markets preferred (well versed in databases, data warehousing, data lakes, and familiarity with many of the data infrastructure products in industry).
• Entrepreneurial and self motivated personality with a track record for delivering results in fast-moving environments.
• Experience with either usage and subscription management or automated telemetry collection
• Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.

Where could this role be based?

Remote, US 

About the role

We are seeking a customer-driven Senior Product Manager to lead Starburst’s data connectors product area. In this role, you will focus on unlocking access to customer data wherever it resides. You will work closely with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to define vision, set priorities, and drive execution. Success in this role requires aligning product strategy with business goals, championing the voice of the customer, and accelerating customer growth by removing barriers to data access.

As a Senior Product Manager at Starburst you will:

• Build and deliver on a roadmap that balances the needs of customers and internal teams with clear prioritization based on data driven customer insights.
• Collaborate with teams globally across multiple time zones and operate in an Agile development environment.
• Deeply empathize with and understand Starburst personas.
• Own cross-functional interactions for your features.
• Collect and summarize usage data/dashboards for decision making and OKR tracking.

Some of the things we look for:

• 3+ years experience as a Product Manager or Technical Product Manager.
• Experience managing Lakehouse product offerings and their ecosystems (e.g. catalogs, permissions, metadata)
• Proven ability to operate in a highly technical product area where trade-off choices consider engine performance and span multiple product areas.
• Deep understanding of the technical landscape and markets preferred (well versed in databases, data warehousing, data lakes, and familiarity with many of the data infrastructure products in industry).
• Entrepreneurial and self motivated personality with a track record for delivering results in fast-moving environments.
• Experience with query engines (e.g., Trino/Spark) or data virtualization, and how connectors impact performance, governance, and reliability is a plus
• Track record working with or around open-source communities is a plus
• Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.

Where could this role be based?

Remote, US

About the Role:

As a Security Engineer focused on Application and Product Security, you will play a key role in improving the security posture of our applications, services, and development ecosystem. You will work closely with engineering teams to integrate security into the software development lifecycle, build secure-by-default patterns, and ensure that products are resilient against modern threats. This role combines hands-on technical work, security engineering, and collaboration with developers to guide secure design and remediation. You will help implement security controls, perform assessments, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our security program.

As an Application Security Engineer at Starburst you will:

• Integrate application security best practices into the development lifecycle by partnering with engineering teams and enabling automated security checks within CI/CD pipelines.
• Support and maintain Application Security based tooling—including SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning—and help developers interpret and remediate findings.
• Conduct secure code reviews, threat modeling sessions, and application architecture assessments to identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain security automation, guardrails, and reusable components.
• Assist in defining and improving secure coding standards and application hardening practices.
• Support monitoring and detection efforts by helping improve application-level logging, telemetry, and alerting.
• Assist in incident response activities related to application vulnerabilities, including verification, triage, and remediation support.
• Stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices in application and product security.
• Contribute to documentation including security requirements, guidelines, and remediation playbooks.
• Participate in internal security reviews, compliance-driven assessments, and architectural walkthroughs.
• Develop and help maintain existing application security tools, pipelines, and workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure secure deployment and continuous improvement of applications.

Some of the things we look for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2–5 years of experience in application security, product security, software engineering with a security focus, or a related technical role.
• Strong understanding of application vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies (OWASP Top 10, CWE).
• Experience with CI/CD tooling, Git-based workflows, and modern development practices.
• Familiarity with cloud security concepts and hands-on experience with at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, JavaScript/Typescript, or Ruby. (Java and Python preferred.)
• Experience with application security tools such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, SAST/DAST tools, SCA, or dependency scanning.
• Knowledge of secure coding principles, API security, authentication, authorization, and secrets management.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical issues clearly to developers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Understanding of agile development processes and working within engineering teams.
• Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.

Where could this role be based?

This role is based in our Boston office and follows a hybrid model, with an expectation of being onsite 1-2 days per week.

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Where could this role be based?

• We are headquartered in boston and many of our positions follow a hybrid model.

About the role

We are looking for top performers who can match Starburst Data’s leading product offering with the right customer. While working with an all-star sales team at our fast paced growth company, you should be curious and have a basic understanding of our offerings. We will provide you with the training and support you need to be the best.You revel in the day to day details while maintaining a clear understanding of the big picture, effortlessly directing your sales efforts to our Account Executives.This position is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate eager to kickstart their career in software sales.

As a Sales Development Representative at Starburst you will:

• Reach out to prospective customers with a well-researched hypothesis on how we can solve their pain
• Meticulously track and nurture your outbound activity
• Nimbly interact with potential customers through various points of contact including attending in person meetings, trainings, and trade shows with confidence and ease
• Learn the basics of prospecting and discovery to help jumpstart your career in salesMeet and exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual lead generation quotas
• Outbound prospecting through email, phone calls, and social media to schedule meetings for the Sales team
• Qualify leads and assess their needs to determine if they are a good fit for Starburst Data

Some of the things we look for:

• Have an innate curiosity about how data is changing the world
• Enjoy a challenge and getting out of your comfort zone to aid in your personal and professional development/growth
• Adeptly prioritize and reprioritize based on the evolving demands of other departments
• Thrive in the unknown – and have a track record to prove it
• Examples of where you have displayed your passion and perseverance to accomplish a long term goal
• You want a career in sales and see this as an excellent way to learn and prove yourself
• Business Acumen - you have built this through academic or professional experiences
• You are an Entrepreneur at heart
• Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.

Where could this role be based?

• We are headquartered in the financial district of Boston MA. This role is a hybrid model and therefore 4-5 days a week will be expected to be in the Boston office.