Principal Engineer, Public Cloud / R&D Core

Cloudera is a leading company empowering organizations to transform complex data into actionable insights. The Principal Engineer will lead the design and architecture of large-scale cloud services, ensuring the core components of the data platform are robust and scalable while mentoring engineering teams to achieve technical excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Architectural Leadership: Serve as the primary technical lead, independently driving the design and architecture of complex, large-scale cloud services that underpin our multi-cloud and hybrid data management platform. Determine the optimal technical approach to resolve high-friction challenges and deliver solutions that are highly scalable, resilient, and high-quality
• Stakeholder Alignment and Definition: Act as the critical bridge between engineering and stakeholders (internal and external) to diagnose root causes of friction. Translate ambiguous business requirements into precise engineering tasks and concrete architectural blueprints for the development team
• Technical Authority and Mentorship: Drive technical excellence across the team. Act as the technical authority for Senior and Full-Stack engineers, conducting rigorous code reviews, enforcing DevSecOps best practices, and guaranteeing all solutions meet 'production-ready' standards
• Complex Problem Solving: Tackle the most difficult technical challenges and system interactions where existing documentation or standard procedures fall short. Apply advanced engineering principles to debug complex interactions between Hadoop components and modern Cloud-Native architectures
• Strategic Influence: Synthesize technical insights derived from strategic initiatives and feed this information back to Cloudera’s core Global Engineering teams. Use this deep understanding to directly influence the future architecture and product roadmap of the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP)

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and 10+ years of experience; OR Master's degree and 6+ years of experience; OR PhD and 4+ years of experience
• 10+ years of experience building and scaling robust products
• Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes and Docker
• Solid foundational knowledge of Linux environments, networking, virtual machines, and container technologies (e.g., Docker)
• Practical experience using CI/CD solutions such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Strong background in public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), with expertise in security, infrastructure provisioning, containerization, and service enablement
• Good understanding of BareMetal and VM stack
• Exceptional collaboration and communication abilities, enabling effective work with diverse, cross-functional teams globally
• Strong dedication to mentoring and developing team members, helping them reach their maximum potential
• Deep expertise in public cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), specifically in infrastructure provisioning, security best practices, service enablement, and containerization
• Familiarity with both BareMetal and VM technologies