Staff Software Engineer - Platform & Integrations

Be Part of Building the Future Dremio is the unified lakehouse platform for self-service analytics and AI, serving hundreds of global enterprises, including Maersk, Amazon, Regeneron, NetApp, and SP Global. Customers rely on Dremio for cloud, hybrid, and on-prem lakehouses to power their data mesh, data warehouse migration, data virtualization, and unified data access use cases. Based on open source technologies, including Apache Iceberg and Apache Arrow, Dremio provides an open lakehouse architecture enabling the fastest time to insight and platform flexibility at a fraction of the cost. Learn more at www.dremio.com. About the role As a member of the Platform Partner Integrations team, you’ll drive the design and evolution of critical platform capabilities that power Dremio at scale across containerized, hybrid, and on-premises environments. You’ll build extensible, resilient, and high-performance systems that enable seamless partner integrations, amplifying Dremio’s reach while upholding the reliability and operational excellence our customers expect. Leveraging deep expertise in infrastructure, networking, and containerization technologies, you will architect secure, scalable, and production-hardened systems designed for complex, distributed environments. You will collaborate closely with core product engineering teams to ensure new features and architectural changes are delivered consistently and safely across diverse deployment models and partner ecosystems. This is a high-impact role with real ownership, solving challenging distributed systems problems, shaping platform strategy, and driving innovation at a meaningful scale. What you’ll be doing Define and drive the platform strategy for Kubernetes- and Docker-based environments, aligning architecture with scalability, reliability, and security goals. Partner with external platform architects to identify integration requirements and translate security, networking, and infrastructure constraints into robust platform capabilities. Architect and build resilient, production-grade solutions that operate seamlessly within diverse partner ecosystems. Design, develop, and maintain automated deployment and integration frameworks that enable consistent, repeatable delivery of Dremio across environments. Partner with product management to align platform capabilities with customer needs, roadmap priorities, and commercial objectives. Develop core product capabilities for cluster lifecycle management, observability, usage and cost reporting, and operational supportability. Lead cross-functional collaboration with internal architects and engineering teams to ensure features ship safely and perform reliably across diverse deployment models and partner ecosystems. Take technical ownership of complex integration initiatives, and when needed, lead development efforts beyond the immediate team to close capability gaps. Improve platform scalability, performance, and operability through proactive design reviews, architectural improvements, and production hardening. Drive automation-first practices, reducing operational overhead and improving deployment velocity and reliability. Contribute to long-term platform architecture, ensuring extensibility to support future partner integrations and evolving infrastructure trends. What we’re looking for Bachelor's, Master's, or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field 5+ years of relevant work experience Strong experience with container orchestration tools, such as Kubernetes and Docker Strong understanding of networking protocols like TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc. Proficient in Java, Python, Bash, and Javascript/React Bonus points if you have Hands-on experience with multi-threaded and asynchronous programming models Extensive experience in distributed systems, concurrency control, data replication, networking, and storage systems Practical experience with Java GC/heap management, Apache Arrow, SQL operators, cachin ... (truncated, view full listing at source)