Engineering Manager, Data Platform

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📍 Mountain View

About this role

At StarTree we're a group of passionate individuals that desire to improve the lives of many by developing tools and technologies that support availability and speed in the world of real-time analytics. 

Our aim is to make it simple for every company to delight their users - external and internal - and create new revenue streams from their data, by building the world’s most comprehensive and accessible cloud analytics system.

About the Role:

In this role, Leading a team of A+ engineers who are passionate about building highly scalable distributed systems, and contributing to the open-source Apache Pinot software in addition to the following areas:

  • Building real-time database/data system internals
  • Query engine optimization, compilation, and execution
  • Data ingestion, storage, modeling, and indexing services
  • Building scalable, low latency, distributed systems
  • Creating automation and abstraction self-service tooling

What we’re looking for:

  • 8+ years of experience in building / operating distributed systems engineering, 5+ as TLM
  • Strong expertise in distributed systems, OLTP and/or OLAP Databases, real-time analytics, or streaming systems.
  • Ability to balance technical depth with people leadership and execution management.

About StarTree:  

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 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!

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This Engineering Manager, Data Platform position at startree was posted on Nov 19, 2025. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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