Starburst is the analytics engine for all your data. We provide the fastest, most efficient analytics engine for your data warehouse, data lake, or data mesh. We’re on a mission to free our customers to see the invisible and achieve the impossible. We unlock the value of distributed data by making it fast and easy to access, no matter where it lives. Starburst queries data across any database, making it instantly actionable for data-driven organizations. With Starburst, teams can lower the total cost of their infrastructure and analytics investments, prevent vendor lock-in, and use the existing tools that work for their business. Today more than 150 leading organizations trust us to make better decisions faster.

Though Starburst has achieved a unicorn status and raised $414M in venture funding from top investors, we were founded in a rather unusual way with customers and revenue from the very beginning!  We operate globally in 10 countries and are proud to be named a Best Place to Work. Come join our team of All-Stars!

To complement Starburst’s ability to access data anywhere, our goal is to make it easy for any data integration or business intelligence tool to connect to Starburst.  Our vision is that any data engineer or business analyst should be able to access and process data from any data source through the tool of their choice.  We are looking for a Python Engineer to help us make that a reality.  This role will allow you to directly contribute to the advancement of Starburst Enterprise and open source Trino. 

Responsibilities:

• Design: Research and design integrations in the Python Ecosystem
• Develop: Improve the Trino Python client, build custom integrations for tools like DBT and Airflow
• Test: Implement test automation, design and write tests
• Collaborate: Collaborate with teams globally across multiple time zones and operate in an Agile development environment

Some things we will look for:

• At least 3 years of experience developing software
• Experience writing Python production code (optional Java)
• Hands-on experience with Python data tools like DBT, Airflow, Dagster and Great Expectations
• Proficiency with SQL
• Knowledge of SQLAlchemy and DBAPI
• Experience with JDBC and ODBC integrations
• An understanding of authentication mechanisms like LDAP, Kerberos, OAuth2.0
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working with one of the main cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Comfortable with Linux and scripting languages
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and Python testing frameworks 

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with Trino
• Contribution to open source software
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience working as Python Data Engineer
• Knowledge of BI tools like Tableau, PowerBI, Looker

At Starburst, we’re constantly striving towards building a place where people come first by creating an environment of transparency, honesty, and respect. We take care of our global workforce by making sure employees enjoy competitive salaries and attractive stock grants, remote-friendly work options, access to quality and affordable insurance, and flexible and generous paid time off to start a family, travel, or just relax! 

Headquartered in Boston MA with offices in Warsaw and London and employees across Europe and the Americas, we are committed to hiring where the talent is.  

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.

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