Senior Software Engineer - Query Planner

About the role

In this role, you will work on some of Dremio’s core features including Reflections, distributed query optimizer, and SQL support. You will grow as a leader through mentoring, collaborating with other developers and taking ownership of complex issues to deliver high quality distributed systems at a massive scale.

What you'll be doing

• Own design, implementation, testing, and support of next-generation features related to Dremio’s Query Planner and Reflections technology
• Work with open source projects like Apache Calcite and Apache Iceberg
• Use modular design patterns to deliver an architecture that’s elegant, simple, extensible and maintainable
• Solve complex technical problems and customer issues while improving our telemetry and instrumentation to proactively detect issues before they arise and make debugging more efficient
• Design and deliver architectures that run optimally on public clouds like GCP, AWS, and Azure
• Mentor other team members for high quality and design
• Collaborate with Product Management to innovate and deliver on customer requirements and with Support and field teams to ensure customer success

What we're looking for

• B.S./M.S/Equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience developing production-level software
• Fluency in Java/C++
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, multi-threaded and asynchronous programming models, and their use in developing distributed and scalable systems
• Strong database fundamentals including SQL, performance, and schema design is a big plus
• Experience in developing complex and scalable distributed systems and delivering, deploying, and managing microservices successfully
• Passion for learning, quality, zero downtime upgrades, availability, resiliency, uptime of the platform, and using latest technologies
• Ability to solve ambiguous, unexplored, and cross-team problems effectively
• Understanding of distributed file systems such as S3, ADLS, or HDFS
• Experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform and background in large scale data processing systems (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, etc.) is a plus
• Ability to scope and plan solutions for big problems and mentors others on the same
• Interested and motivated to be part of a fast-moving startup with a fun and accomplished team

Bonus points if you have

• Experience with distributed query engines
• Hands on experience in query processing or optimization, distributed systems, concurrency control, data replication, code generation, networking, storage systems, heap management, Apache Arrow, SQL Operators, caching techniques, and disk spilling
• Hands on experience with multi-threaded and asynchronous programming models

What we offer

• Medical, dental and vision insurance 
• 401(k) Plan
• Short term / long term disability and life insurance
• Pre-IPO stock options
• Flexible PTO
• 16 hours of volunteer time off
• 12 company paid holidays, including Juneteenth
• Remote work options
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Biannual swag surprise

**Certain benefits are only allowed to full-time Dremio employees and may not be the same across all locations. #LI-JW1 #LI-Remote

The base salary range for this position is $139,091 to $188,182 per year. The base salary actually offered to a successful candidate will take into account various relevant and non-discriminatory business factors including, without limitation, the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, knowledge, and skills, and education, as well as internal equity considerations. A successful candidate may also be eligible to earn additional compensation including commissions and/or bonuses.

Return to Office Philosophy

Workplace Wednesdays - to break down silos, build relationships and improve cross-team communication, Gnarlies who live within a 1-hour commuting distance (one-way) to a Dremio office come to the office. Lunch catering / meal credits provided in the office and local socials align to Workplace Wednesdays. Santa Clara Gnarlies have access to EV charging (pay out of pocket) and can request for on-site free access to gym.

In general, Dremio will remain a hybrid work environment. We will not be implementing a 100% (5 days a week) return to office policy for all roles.