Starburst is the data platform for analytics, applications, and AI, unifying data across clouds and on-premises to accelerate AI innovation. Organizations—from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises in 60+ countries—rely on Starburst for fast data access, seamless collaboration, and enterprise-grade governance on an open hybrid data lakehouse. Wherever data lives, Starburst unlocks its full potential, powering data and AI from development to deployment. By future-proofing data architecture, Starburst helps businesses fuel innovation with AI.
About the role
As a Starburst Data Customer Support Engineer - Tier 1, you will be responsible for supporting our Galaxy customers as they submit how-to questions and break/fix problems. You’ll recommend approaches ranging from configuration guidance to troubleshooting security, and integration-related issues to ensure our customers can maximize their experience using Trino. You’ll also liaise with other teams to ensure customers are serviced appropriately and in a timely fashion.
We are seeking a skilled Support Engineer with hands-on experience in cloud technologies and SQL debugging, proficient in addressing cluster stability challenges. The ideal candidate has extensive support experience in SaaS, coupled with expertise in cloud tech, big data, and security. Strong communication and time-management skills, adaptability to fast-paced environments, critical thinking, and proactive problem-solving are essential for this role.
Trino encompasses a wide range of technologies, therefore a curiosity to learn and explore various approaches and solutions is a must, and most important is the desire and ability to learn and work cross-functionally in a highly customer-success-oriented company.
The shift for this position will be 8am - 4:30pm Eastern Time
As a Customer Support Engineer at Starburst you will:
- Respond to and resolve Galaxy customer inquiries via chat, email, or call session, within specified SLA windows
- Troubleshoot and debug complex problems, collaborating with cross-functional pre- and post-sales teams to align internally, identify root causes, and implement solutions to ensure customer satisfaction
- Escalate and manage escalated issues with our Support Leadership team and Engineering to ensure positive outcomes for our customers
- Contribute to our customer-facing self-serve knowledge base
- Enthusiastically participate in ongoing personal learning including active participation in team training and development
- Eagerness to learn and understand containerized environments to help support smooth deployments and orchestration of applications
- Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical issues
Some of the things we look for:
- Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Big Data (Hadoop, Data Lakes, Spark)
- Experience in the design and implementation of cloud architectures, leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP services to meet customer requirements
- Experience maintaining stability, reliability, and performance of cloud-based systems or implementing best practices for monitoring, scaling, and optimization.
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Security (LDAP, OAuth2.0,, Authorization, SSL/TLS)
Languages:
- Java
- Bash
- Python
- SQL
Starburst is dedicated to maintaining fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range provided for this role reflects the minimum and maximum targets for candidates across all U.S. locations and could be inclusive of variable compensation, such as commission or bonus. All employees receive equity packages (ISOs) and have access to a comprehensive benefits offering. Actual compensation packages are determined based on relevant skills, experience, education and training, and specific work location. For more information, connect with the recruiting team or Hiring Manager during the process as they can provide more detailed information about the salary range.
Pay Range
$89,775—$100,000 USD
All-Stars have the opportunity and freedom to realize their true potential. By building alongside top talent, we’re empowered to take ownership of our careers and drive meaningful change. Anchored in industry-proven technology and unprecedented success, All-Stars are taking on the challenge everyday to disrupt our industry – and the future.
Our global workforce is supported by a competitive Total Rewards program that reflects our commitment to a rewarding and supportive work environment. This includes a variety of benefits like competitive pay, attractive stock grants, flexible paid time off, and more.
We are committed to fostering an intentional, inclusive, and diverse culture that drives deep engagement, authentic belonging, and an exceptional All-Star experience. We believe that diversity of thought, perspective, background and experience will enable us to own what we do, drive our success and empower our All-Stars to show up authentically.
Starburst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state
or local laws.
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What We Do
At Starburst, we are working to dismantle the status quo of data silos and vendor lock-in every single day.
Starburst offers a full-featured data lake analytics platform, built on open-source Trino. Our platform includes all the capabilities needed to discover, organize, and consume data without the need for time-consuming and costly migration projects. Today more than 200 leading organizations trust us to make better decisions faster.
Though Starburst has raised $414M in venture funding from top investors, we were founded in a rather unusual way as we bootstrapped the business with customers and revenue from the very beginning! We are a remote-first company with employees all over the world and are proud to be named a Best Place to Work.
Our founders are the creators of Trino (and previously Presto at Facebook). 10 years ago, they created Trino as the analytic database to stand the test of time. Funny enough, they never had any intentions to start a company around it. 5 years ago, we started Starburst with a similarly audacious goal: To build an iconic company that would stand the test of time.
We are solving exceptionally complex and meaningful challenges here and as we innovate, we each have the opportunity to build our careers alongside Starbursts’s growth.
Starburst has raised $414 million in venture funding and we are hiring across all functions to support our massive growth!
Why Work With Us
All-Stars have the opportunity and freedom to realize their true potential. By building alongside top talent, we’re empowered to take ownership of our careers and drive meaningful change. Anchored in industry-proven technology and unprecedented success, All-Stars are taking on the challenge everyday to disrupt our industry – and the future.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Working across the world, but more connected than ever We support All-Stars in different locations with a focus on our major offices in Boston, London, Warsaw, and Tel Aviv.
