Senior Software Engineer — Cloud
First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026.
About Our Client
Our client is a leading enterprise data platform company building an open, high-performance data lakehouse for AI and analytical workloads. The platform combines an intelligent SQL query engine, an AI-ready semantic layer, and an open catalog built on Apache Iceberg — enabling Fortune 500 companies across finance, energy, manufacturing, and logistics to unify, query, and govern data at massive scale across cloud and on-premise sources.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer for the team that owns the reliability and operational excellence of a large-scale data platform, delivered both as a cloud service and as self-managed software. You will work across the full platform — observability, security, control plane, and core services — diagnosing complex issues and delivering durable fixes across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, in close collaboration with product engineering, SRE, support, and field teams.
This is a backend platform engineering role focused on distributed systems reliability — not application development or CRUD services.
Responsibilities
Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex issues across cloud and self-managed deployments — distributed systems failures, performance degradation, and reliability incidents
Own bug fixes and targeted improvements across core services, control plane, security, and observability infrastructure
Support automated deployment and integration frameworks that enable consistent, repeatable delivery across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments
Contribute to cluster lifecycle management, observability, and operational supportability capabilities
Partner with SRE, support, and field teams to triage and resolve escalated customer issues
Build runbooks, root cause analyses, and internal tooling that reduce time-to-resolution over time
Collaborate with product engineering so that fixes are integrated back into the main codebase effectively
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
5+ years of software engineering experience with strong hands-on Java development at production scale
Proficiency in Python and Bash for scripting, automation, and tooling
Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and multi-threaded / asynchronous programming models
Experience designing, debugging, and operating large-scale distributed systems or microservices
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker across cloud, hybrid, or on-premises deployments
Cloud-native development experience on one or more of AWS, Azure, or GCP
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP)
Clear communicator — able to explain problems, root causes, and solutions to technical and non-technical audiences
Comfortable with AI-assisted development workflows — using modern AI tools productively while critically validating their output
English Upper-Intermediate or higher (B2+) — daily written and verbal communication with a US-based engineering team
Availability to work EU business hours shifted 2–3 hours later for daily overlap with US West Coast mornings
Desired Skills
Observability platforms: OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, metrics, logging
Background in data processing, data warehouse, data lake, or analytics systems
Distributed file and object storage: S3, ADLS, or HDFS
Infrastructure-as-code (Helm, Terraform) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, ArgoCD)
Identity, authentication, and authorization systems: SSO, OAuth, SAML, RBAC
NoSQL databases (MongoDB, RocksDB), Redis, or partner/OEM integration patterns
Query processing, concurrency control, data replication, or storage systems
Details
Engagement: Long-term contract
Location: Europe (EU / EEA / UK), remote
Working hours: EU business hours, shifted 2–3 hours later for daily overlap with the US West Coast team