Staff Software Engineer - Airflow

Cloudera · Austin, TX

staff Software Engineer tech_leadership · Posted Apr 20, 2026

About this role

Cloudera is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, REST APIs, AWS.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Austin, TX
Posted
Apr 20, 2026

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Job description

from Cloudera careers

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.

The Data Platform Pillar is the bedrock of Cloudera’s technology, where we design and build the core components that let our customers store, manage, and process data with unmatched scalability, security, and performance.

As a Staff Software Engineer, Airflow, you will be a key technical leader, responsible for the architecture, technical vision, and strategic evolution of the Apache Airflow-based workflow orchestration platform within the company’s data ecosystem. You will be expected to solve the most complex, ambiguous, and high-impact technical problems that span multiple teams or organizational boundaries.

As a Staff Software Engineer you will:

  • Technical & Architectural Leadership: Drive the multi-quarter technical roadmap and architecture for the Airflow platform, ensuring it is secure, highly scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient for enterprise-grade workloads.

  • Complex Problem Solving: Design and implement solutions for the most challenging technical issues, such as extreme scale, multi-tenancy isolation, complex scheduling, and hybrid/multi-cloud deployment models.

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