Join Starburst as a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop connectors for leading data analytics products in a hybrid work environment.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 29 minutes ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
70% hands-on coding
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Software Engineer, Connectors at Starburst, the engineer will focus on designing, developing, and maintaining connectors for the company's data platform, leveraging their expertise in Java and distributed systems. The position requires strong software engineering skills and a commitment to creating high-quality, maintainable code while collaborating with a globally distributed team. This role is ideal for experienced engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and are motivated by ownership and innovation in data analytics. Starburst emphasizes minimal formal meetings, allowing engineers to concentrate on their work.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 28, 2026. Last confirmed on Starburst's careers page October 28, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 66% of 95 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Java we track (median $167,000 across 37 companies). See Java salary trends
- Java appears in 22.7% of 519 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Apache Iceberg appears in 0.2% of 519 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Connectors role remote?
- It's hybrid — Starburst expects some on-site time in Boston, MA.
- What's the salary range?
- Starburst lists $185,000–$215,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Connectors role.
- Where is the role based?
- Starburst is hiring for this position in Boston, MA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Apache Iceberg, Java, Trino.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Starburst targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Connectors role at Starburst.
From the original posting
About Starburst
About the role
Starburst is looking for strong Java engineers to work with our globally distributed engineering team on the core of Starburst’s software. This is a great opportunity to deepen your expertise in a rapidly evolving technology and make a significant impact on leading data analytics products. Our managed SaaS and on-premise Data Platform Product offerings provide unique and interesting problems to be solved, and incredible learning opportunities for any engineer. Starburst offers the opportunity to compete at global scale with other elite vendors in the Data Analytics space.
As a Senior Software Engineer, Connectors at Starburst you will:
- Design, develop and maintain Connectors in Open Source Trino, the Starburst Enterprise Platform, or Starburst Galaxy
- Starburst offers to its customers over 50 connectors that are critical to their business operations across a wide range of data sources
- Find ingenious ways to speed up complex queries without sacrificing correctness of the results
- Collaborate with your team members and other teams globally and operate in a fast paced environment
- We prioritize focused work, ensuring minimal time is spent in formal meetings, allowing you to concentrate on coding and PR reviews
- Being able to clearly articulate your ideas in writing across various communication channels like Slack, GitHub PRs, and Design Documents is essential in our globally distributed team
- Provide exceptional customer support for both internal and external customers
- We’re pretty humbled by the trust that our customers give our Query Engine to crunch their data and handle with utmost seriousness the problems they report to us
Some of the things we look for:
- Prior experience developing distributed systems
- Extensive software development experience with Java
- Demonstrated experience with software engineering and design best practices.
- Appreciation for creating maintainable, performant, and high quality software as part of a high-performing globally distributed team of engineers
- Intrinsic motivation for improving your software engineering craftsmanship
- Significant autonomy and ownership
- Curiosity to see what other engineering teams are doing and ability to connect the dots
- Demonstration of Ownership, Grit, and Bias for Action - Core Values at Starburst
- 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.
Bonus points:
- Familiarity with using a Query Engine (Storage and Compute separation)
- Data Engineering expertise
- Understanding the Data Engineer's perspective is valuable in driving innovation within data lakehouse architectures
- Experience with Iceberg, Delta Lake, and/or Hive table format sync is a plus.
- Experience in contributing to larger scale Open-Source Software
- Ability to push forward and deliver functionality while respecting your peers, keeping in mind Correctness, Quality, Performance, Code maintainability
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.
Starburst is dedicated to maintaining fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range provided for this role reflects the minimum and maximum targets for candidates in the country in which the role is located and could be inclusive of variable compensation, such as commission or bonus. All full-time employees receive equity grants (NSOs), and depending on the country, may have access to additional employer-sponsored benefits. Actual compensation packages are determined based on relevant skills, experience, education and training, and specific work location. For more information, connect with the recruiting team or Hiring Manager during the interview process as they can provide more detailed information about the salary range.
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