Staff Software Engineer, Anywhere Cloud (Rust & Kubernetes)

Overview As a Staff Software Engineer at Cloudera, you will design and own high-performance Rust infrastructure that sits in the data path across Kubernetes-based environments.You’ll shape security-critical systems, define architecture, and drive cross-team guidance to deliver scalable, low-latency data services.This is a hands-on, impact-focused role with a strong emphasis on correctness, security, and observability.Join a mission to enable 100% data access across hybrid clouds with a performance-first mindset.Compensaciones / Beneficios Generous PTO Policy Flexible WFH Policy Unplugged Days Mental & Physical Wellness programs Phone and Internet Reimbursement Continued Career Development Responsabilidades Build and own Rust-based infrastructure services (reverse proxies, credential brokers, log collectors) in the data path, from design to production Implement and verify authentication and access control with thorough testing (property-based and fuzz tests) Design new infrastructure components, define module boundaries and memory budgets, document tradeoffs Develop distributed telemetry and log collection, with structured tracing and health endpoints Provide cross-team systems guidance, conduct performance reviews, advise on streaming patterns and caching Drive design documents for new components, evaluate make-vs-buy decisions, define testing strategies Requisitos principales 8+ years of professional software engineering experience ?3 years building performance-critical or security-critical systems (proxies, storage engines, network services) Production Rust experience, async Rust, multi-crate workspaces, tokio/hyper ecosystem Strong networking, memory management, streaming/backpressure, concurrency fundamentals Security-focused development with authentication protocols and secure input handling Kubernetes experience, operator pattern, Helm, cloud-native infra Advanced testing approaches (property-based testing, integration testing, fuzz testing) Bsc/Msc in a related field or equivalent experience cross-team collaboration systems thinking attention to security and correctness Rust production services async Rust, tokio, hyper Kubernetes deployment and operation

Compensaciones / Beneficios Generous PTO Policy Flexible WFH Policy Unplugged Days Mental & Physical Wellness programs Phone and Internet Reimbursement Continued Career Development Responsabilidades Build and own Rust-based infrastructure services (reverse proxies, credential brokers, log collectors) in the data path, from design to production Implement and verify authentication and access control with thorough testing (property-based and fuzz tests) Design new infrastructure components, define module boundaries and memory budgets, document tradeoffs Develop distributed telemetry and log collection, with structured tracing and health endpoints Provide cross-team systems guidance, conduct performance reviews, advise on streaming patterns and caching Drive design documents for new components, evaluate make-vs-buy decisions, define testing strategies Requisitos principales 8+ years of professional software engineering experience ?3 years building performance-critical or security-critical systems (proxies, storage engines, network services) Production Rust experience, async Rust, multi-crate workspaces, tokio/hyper ecosystem Strong networking, memory management, streaming/backpressure, concurrency fundamentals Security-focused development with authentication protocols and secure input handling Kubernetes experience, operator pattern, Helm, cloud-native infra Advanced testing approaches (property-based testing, integration testing, fuzz testing) Bsc/Msc in a related field or equivalent experience cross-team collaboration systems thinking attention to security and correctness Rust production services async Rust, tokio, hyper Kubernetes deployment and operation