Staff Software Engineer

The Applications team at Imply is seeking a backend specialist with an interest in working with and on Apache Druid. Our team builds customer-facing applications leveraging the power of our database, Apache Druid, to simplify data management, ingestion, and analysis and to provide customers with powerful APIs and SDKs for integrating critical functionality into their automation and software. Applications is a full-stack team that builds across every layer of the product, from doing state-of-the-art database engineering through micro-services, all the way up to the UI.

• Implement and maintain micro-services and backend software components in modern Java
• Develop and maintain state-of-the-art features within Apache Druid
• Lead in the design and development of major features across teams
• Coordinate directly with PM, UX design, frontend engineers, and backend engineers to successfully deliver major initiatives, new features, and products
• Be on-call for production issues (2 weeks per cycle, 4-6 times per year)

• 5+ years experience building and maintaining highly scalable and reliable services in Java or a similar language
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, cloud providers such as AWS, and/or related technologies
• Experience using relational and/or OLAP databases
• Experience with agile methodologies
• Strong communication and coordination skills

• Experience using Apache Druid
• Open source contributions to Apache Druid or other open source database
• Experience using streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka and Apache Flink