or apply directly on Starburst's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Starburst's roles stay open a median of 70 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Starburst's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Starburst
- high 24 stale, 0 reposted of 24 open
- Hiring momentum
- 28 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Starburst's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Starburst.
About this role
In this role as a Senior Software Engineer at Starburst, you will focus on enhancing the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the Starburst Galaxy service. Your daily tasks will involve developing backend infrastructure, building operational tooling, and collaborating with various teams to ensure optimal performance of the product. You will also be responsible for cloud infrastructure management and enabling the engineering organization to iterate on the Galaxy product effectively.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Starburst as an employer.
What you need
- Passion for software engineering
- Interest in Infrastructure Engineering
- Cloud infrastructure architecture and orchestration experience
- Experience developing software in Java and Typescript
- Experience with infrastructure as code and related tooling such as Pulumi or Terraform
- Demonstration of ownership, grit, and bias for action
Nice to have
- Prior experience in developing for or operating Trino
What you get
- Competitive pay
- Attractive stock grants
- Flexible paid time off
Worth weighing
- Role requires occasional in-person travel
- Focus on cloud infrastructure may limit exposure to other areas of software engineering
Summarised from Starburst's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Starburst on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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