Sr. Software Engineer, Hive – Cloudera
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Salary: CA$104,550.00–CA$135,300.00

Employment type: Full‑time

Business Area
Engineering

Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior Level

Remote Option
Remote Role

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.

Responsibilities and Scope

Work on large‑scale, distributed systems to help drive Hive innovation and build additional components around it to enhance the Hive ecosystem.

Have an exciting prospect to work on products that handle complex SQL query workloads on public or private clouds as part of Cloudera Data Platform (CDP).

Design and develop features for parallel and distributed query engines to help drive innovation in CDP.

Focus on query optimization, performance and scalability of SQL queries.

Write design documentation for key features and capabilities.

Improve code quality through writing tests, automation, and code reviews.

Understand the customer’s workload and provide effective technical solutions.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and 6 years of experience.

Experience with query optimization using tools like Apache Calcite.

Clean coding habits, attention to detail,



and a focus on quality.

Hands‑on programmer with strong data structures and algorithms skills. Java experience is desired.

Good understanding of database internals, query processing and SQL query optimization.

Strong oral and written communication skills.

Ability to work effectively on cross‑functional projects.

Additional Preferred Experience

Experience with contributing to any of the open‑source Apache projects like Hive, Impala, Calcite or an RDBMS.

Experience with the Hadoop ecosystem and file formats like Parquet, ORC.

Experience with public cloud infrastructures such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform.

Recognized contributions to open source projects.

Why this role matters
This is your opportunity to build cloud‑native solutions that are deployable anywhere whether in massive clusters on any cloud provider or in private data centers. You’ll work with cutting‑edge technologies like Trino, Spark, Airflow, and advanced AI inferencing systems to shape the future of analytics. Your code will directly influence how data engineers, analysts, and developers worldwide find value in their data.

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

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📌 Sr. Software Engineer, Hive (New Brunswick)
🏢 Cloudera
📍 New Brunswick