Senior Staff Applied Engineer

Cloudera

Multiple Locations
On-site
Translate ambiguous goals into technical specifications
Build throwaway proofs-of-concept
Hands-on integration of ai models and data platforms
Cloudera is seeking a Senior Staff Applied Engineer to join their Leading Emergent Engineering Taskforce (LEET), which focuses on bridging technical execution and business goals. The ideal candidate will have extensive engineering experience, particularly in consultative roles, and will play a crucial role in transforming ambiguous requirements into actionable engineering specifications

Job Summary

  • Serve as the Rosetta Stone between technical execution and business goals, ensuring systems are business relevant.
  • Diagnose friction points, translate ambiguous goals into concrete engineering requirements, and prevent 'pilot purgatory' by validating problem-solving before coding.
  • Leverage a full-spectrum skillset to build immediate proofs-of-concept, validate assumptions interactively, and drive adoption of solutions into daily workflows.

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Cloudera is seeking a Senior Staff Applied Engineer to join their Leading Emergent Engineering Taskforce (LEET), which focuses on bridging technical execution and business goals. The ideal candidate will have extensive engineering experience, particularly in consultative roles, and will play a crucial role in transforming ambiguous requirements into actionable engineering specifications.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Translate ambiguous goals into technical specifications
  • Build throwaway proofs-of-concept
  • Hands-on integration of AI models and data platforms
  • Drive solution adoption and remove blockers
  • Kubernetes and Cloud-Native technologies
  • Communicate complex concepts to non-engineers

Nice-to-have

  • Experience in Forward Deployed Engineering
  • Integrate AI/ML workflows into enterprise processes
  • Familiarity with Hadoop ecosystem or data lakehouse

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years engineering experience
  • Consultative, solutions architecture, or forward-deployed roles
  • Experience managing ambiguity and shifting requirements
  • Applied AI awareness
  • Versatile technical skillset
  • Strong Kubernetes proficiency

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