Staff Full Stack Software Engineer

Job Overview 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. The Cloudera Data Services On Premise Platform team seeks a passionate lead engineer to join our growing engineering team. The team is responsible for building out the market-leading management and orchestration plane for data at scale, on‑prem, and in the cloud and is at the heart of Cloudera’s hybrid story. The team’s goal is to make the management of data products simple and develop functional capabilities for everyday users, operators, and admins to interact with the data in amazingly interactive ways. We are a team of top‑notch engineers passionate about distributed systems, scalability, test‑driven development, and user experience. You will be responsible for architecting and driving cross‑engineering initiatives for various Cloudera Data Services applications. Designed specifically for mission‑critical environments, the Cloudera Data Services includes the Control Plane, Cloudera Manager, and several Data Experiences, which combine the best of Cloudera’s management and data plane into a one‑stop sophisticated data machine to orchestrate and scale workloads. Responsibilities Work closely with Product Managers to drive a project’s requirements and convert said requirements into technical designs. Produce high‑fidelity design documentation and get sign‑offs from architects on aligning the design along with delivering high quality code to create elegant, scalable, enterprise‑quality cloud‑based application services. Execute the development of software with a strong focus on the security, performance, and robustness. Build strong relationships and collaborate with UI engineers, quality engineers, UX designers, Product Managers, SRE, Infosec and external partners. Hire, mentor and lead junior engineers by example. Work to enhance developer productivity and team agility. Required Qualifications 12+ years of experience building scalable applications with Golang and Java. Solid hands‑on experience with microservices development (gRPC, REST, etc.), Object Oriented Programming System (OOPS), SQL and NoSQL databases, Messaging infrastructure, etc. At least 5 years of development and production experience with Kubernetes (such as in an on‑premise or Private Cloud environment), OpenShift, or other enterprise‑grade private cloud platforms, Terraform, etc. Should have some conceptual understanding of Enterprise networking aspects for on‑premise and Private Cloud deployments (such as VLANs, Load Balancers, VPNs, Firewalls, and other datacenter networking concepts). Experience in debugging connection problems. Knowledge of how TLS and PKI work. Self‑driven with a strong sense of ownership and craftsmanship along with high bias for action. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience with implementing Service Mesh such as Istio. Experience with certification/compliance standards such as Fedramp, CIS, etc. This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship or relocation. Benefits 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 EEO/VEVRAA #J-18808-Ljbffr