or apply directly on Starburst's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 26 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 a Senior Software Engineer on the Control Plane team at Starburst, you will design and build backend services and cloud infrastructure that support both self-managed and fully managed deployment models. Your role involves developing a unified control plane, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of services, and collaborating with a globally distributed team. You will also engage in code reviews, improve engineering processes, and provide customer support while having the opportunity to work with various cloud platforms.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- 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
- Prior experience developing distributed systems
- Extensive software development experience with Java
- Cloud infrastructure architecture and orchestration experience across at least one major cloud provider
- Experience building and operating backend services that others depend on
- Demonstrated experience with software engineering and design best practices
- Intrinsic motivation for improving your software engineering craftsmanship
Nice to have
- Hands-on adoption of AI coding tools and agents in day-to-day engineering
- Appreciation for creating maintainable, performant, and high-quality software as part of a high-performing, globally distributed team
- Curiosity to see what other engineering teams are doing
What you get
- Competitive pay
- Attractive stock grants
- Flexible paid time off
Worth weighing
- No specific salary information provided
- Role involves both backend and occasional frontend work with React and TypeScript, though frontend knowledge is not mandatory
- Fast-paced environment may require adaptability to changing priorities
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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