Senior Data Engineer - Anywhere Cloud

Business Area: Engineering Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level Job Description: At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises. Senior Data Engineer - Anywhere Cloud Team Overview The Anywhere Cloud (AWC) team is building Cloudera’s next-generation unified control plane. We are moving beyond traditional UI-driven workflows to an "AI-First" architecture. AWC enables the deployment of Data Services (like Spark, Trino, and Cloudera AI) across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Our platform orchestrates complex Kubernetes infrastructures, foundational services (Service Mesh, Auth, Logging), and data engines. The Role As a Sr. Data Engineer you will leverage your deep domain expertise in data ecosystem engines like Spark, Kafka, Apache Polaris, Trino, Airflow and Lakehouse architectures to validate end to end use cases via custom blueprint. Your work will directly guarantee the functioning of the data pipeline for relevant use cases. Key Responsibilities Data Modeling & Proactive Data Quality: Managing complex data modeling and schema drift, as well as embedding automated data quality checks and statistical anomaly detection directly into pipelines to shift away from reactive, manual quality processes. Unified Data Governance Integration: Working with governance layers to ensure policies like tag-driven Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), column-level masking, row-level filters, and zero-code lineage ingestion (e.g., Octopai) are accurately enforced at the data layer. Requirements Engine SME Expertise : Hands-on understanding of modern compute and streaming engine internals like Spark, Kafka, Trino, Airflow Kubernetes Expertise: Understanding of Kubernetes internals (CRDs, Controllers, Operators, Namespaces). You must understand how to debug and test complex Helm chart deployments and dependencies. Language Proficiency: Expert-level proficiency in Python/Shell for scripting and automation. Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Experience: 8+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on test automation, infrastructure, or backend development What You Can Expect AI enabled work environment with access to latest AI tools Freedom to Act: You will work without appreciable direction, setting your own priorities based on long-term technical goals. Impact: Your decisions will affect the strategic direction of the AWC quality stack and the reliability of our platform setup. Complexity: You will solve unusually complex problems, such as verifying cross-cluster service discovery and ensuring zero-downtime upgrades for stateful data engines. This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. The expected base salary range for this role in California is $152,000 - $190,000 The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location What you can expect from us: Generous PTO Policy Support work life balance with Unplugged Days Flexible WFH Policy Mental & Physical Wellness programs Phone and Internet Reimbursement program Access to Continued Career Development Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages Paid Volunteer Time Employee Resource Groups EEO/VEVRAA #LI-HYBRID #LI-CP1 It has come to our attention that job seekers have been contacted about fake job opportunities with Cloudera from individuals fraudulently posing as Cloudera employees. These recruiting fraud schemes often include requests for personal information and payments. Be aware that Cloudera will never request a payment as part of its recruitment process. Additionally, Cloudera will never make a job offer without conducting an interview process. Any information submitted to Cloudera in relation to a job application should only be through our official career portal https://www.cloudera.com/careers.html Email communications from Cloudera will come from an email address ending in @cloudera.com. If you are the target of a recruiting scam, consider filing a report with law enforcement authorities. Cloudera is not responsible for fraudulent job offers and/or any claims, damages, expenses, or other inconvenience connected to recruiting scams. For information on Cloudera's Candidate Privacy Notice, click here. If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please contact us at privacy@cloudera.com. EEO/VEVRAA If you need assistance with applying for a position, please email our office at talentacquisition@cloudera.com.

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