or apply directly on Starburst's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 19 days Starburst's roles stay open a median of 34 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Starburst's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Starburst
- high 9 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
- 2026-09-17
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
As the Head of Engineering for the AI Platform at Starburst, you will be responsible for owning the agent platform roadmap, hiring and leading a team of engineers, and making architectural decisions. You will work closely with both internal teams and external customers, ensuring that the platform meets the needs of its users while maintaining high standards for performance and reliability.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- 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
- 10+ years of engineering experience
- 3+ years of experience leading an engineering team
- Experience building platform or infrastructure products
- Experience running LLM systems in production
- Ability to articulate decisions made in product development
- Product curiosity and user-focused mindset
Nice to have
- Experience taking an internal platform external
- Experience with agentic systems or LLM serving at scale
- Comfort across Python and JVM ecosystems
- Experience with data systems or SQL engines
- Experience running multiple models behind one platform
What you get
- Competitive pay
- Attractive stock grants
- Flexible paid time off
Worth weighing
- No specific salary listed
- Role involves both leadership and hands-on coding
- Expectations for high accountability and performance
- Must operate autonomously across time zones
Summarised from Starburst's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Starburst on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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