Software Engineer II - Benchmark Infrastructure

Starburst

Starburst

Software Engineering, Other Engineering

India

Posted on May 20, 2026

About Starburst

Starburst delivers enterprise intelligence at scale by giving organizations secure, governed access to all their data, wherever it lives. Built for distributed data environments, Starburst helps enterprises power AI and analytics without the cost and complexity of traditional data consolidation. With open standards including Trino and Apache Iceberg, Starburst enables trusted access to complete enterprise context while helping organizations avoid vendor lock-in. Leading global enterprises trust Starburst to fuel AI, analytics, and enterprise intelligence. Learn more at starburst.ai.

About the role

Starburst is looking for an Infrastructure specialist with strong Java development skills to work on our internal benchmarking tool for performance analysis. This is a great opportunity to deepen your expertise in a rapidly evolving technology and make a significant impact on leading a cross cloud, cross technologies tool that will allow developers and sales to analyze the performance of our products easily. This role will allow you to work on challenging problems around kubernetes deployments, Trino benchmarking driver, multiple cloud deployments and play with the leading data analytics products in the market.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and maintain our competitive analysis benchmarking service.
  • 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 design, 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 support for internal customers such as fellow engineers, sales and marketing.

Some of the things we look for

  • Software development experience with Java
  • Demonstrated experience with software engineering and design best practices.
  • At least 2 years of experience developing infrastructure as code like Pulumi / Terraform.
  • At least 2 years of experience developing infrastructure with Kubernetes.
  • At least 2 years of experience with creating/managing AWS infrastructure.
  • Appreciation for creating maintainable and high quality software as part of a fun, high-performing global team
  • Intrinsic motivation for improving your software engineering craftsmanship
  • Demonstration of ownership, grit, and bias for action - core values at Starburst.

Bonus points:

  • Prior experience with additional cloud vendors such as GCP and Azure.

Where could this role be based?

  • Poland
  • India

Build your career at Starburst

All-Stars have the opportunity and freedom to realize their true potential. By building alongside top talent, we’re empowered to take ownership of our careers and drive meaningful change. Anchored in industry-proven technology and unprecedented success, All-Stars are taking on the challenge everyday to disrupt our industry – and the future.

Our global workforce is supported by a competitive Total Rewards program that reflects our commitment to a rewarding and supportive work environment. This includes a variety of benefits like competitive pay, attractive stock grants, flexible paid time off, and more.

We are committed to fostering an intentional, inclusive, and diverse culture that drives deep engagement, authentic belonging, and an exceptional All-Star experience. We believe that diversity of thought, perspective, background and experience will enable us to own what we do, drive our success and empower our All-Stars to show up authentically.

Starburst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state
or local laws.