StarTree - Software Engineer I
Requirements
• Experience- 0-2 Years. • Strong distributed systems fundamentals and experience solving problems at scale. Our platform is Java-based, so Java experience is a plus, but not a hard requirement. • Strong distributed systems fundamentals • Bias toward execution — able to take an idea from concept through implementation and deliver it to production. • Bias toward execution • Deep ownership of quality and customer experience, with a strong focus on reliability, observability, performance, and ease of use. • Deep ownership of quality and customer experience • Adaptability and flexibility — willing to take on whatever is most important for the company and adjust to changing priorities. • Adaptability and flexibility • Curiosity, positivity, and resilience — comfortable navigating ambiguity and uncertainty while maintaining a constructive, problem-solving mindset. • Curiosity, positivity, and resilience • AI-First Mindset - Comfortable using AI tools in everyday engineering workflows and eager to continuously learn and integrate AI into how you build, debug, test, and solve problems. • StarTree is a cloud-based software company that enables business customers to derive advanced insights from real-time and historical data. StarTree was founded by the core software engineering team and inventors of Apache Pinot, which currently powers hundreds of user-facing applications at companies across industries, including LinkedIn, Uber, Target, 7Eleven, Etsy, Walmart, WePay, Factual, Weibo, and more. StarTree Cloud has enabled even more companies to deploy and operate real-time analytics at scale, including Stripe, Sovrn, Roadie, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Dialpad, Guitar Center, Blinkit, and more. • StarTree is backed by leading investors including GGV Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, CRV, and Citi” • StarTree recently announced our Series B Funding with investment from GGV Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and CRV. We have been named one of The Information's 50 Most Promising Startups and one of CRN's 10 Coolest Cloud Computing Startup Companies of 2022!
Responsibilities
• Apache Pinot is a distributed analytics database built for real-time applications at massive scale. It powers mission-critical workloads at companies including Splunk, Meesho, CrowdStrike, Together AI, and Charter Telecom, where milliseconds matter and scale is measured in millions of events and tens of thousands of queries per second. • real-time applications at massive scale • Splunk, Meesho, CrowdStrike, Together AI, and Charter Telecom • CrowdStrike processes up to 120K events/sec and serves 25K queries/sec; Together AI analyzes billions of LLM token events per hour with sub-second latency; and Charter Telecom operates Pinot at an ingestion scale of 120M events/sec. These aren't just benchmarks—they are production systems powering real customer experiences. • CrowdStrike • 120K events/sec • 25K queries/sec • Together AI • Charter Telecom • 120M events/sec • At StarTree, you’ll work on the distributed systems behind this scale—solving hard problems in performance, reliability, concurrency, and data infrastructure. You’ll have the opportunity to make an impact from day one, take ownership of meaningful problems, and grow rapidly in a high-ownership startup environment. • Own and drive impactful distributed systems problems end-to-end, from inception through production launch. • Own and drive • Collaborate with a strong engineering team to identify and prioritize the most impactful problems and projects for the company. • Collaborate with a strong engineering team • Raise the quality bar across engineering while helping keep our systems reliable and operationally lean. • Raise the quality bar • Mentor and grow engineers while learning from experienced, battle-tested engineers around you. • Mentor and grow engineers
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