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Brief #94867Updated 14 APR 2026MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAGreenhouseSOFTWARE COMPANIES
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Engineering Manager, Data Platform

StarTree is a startup building a platform-as-service version of the Apache Pinot analytics platform.

Location
Mountain View, CA
Company size
100–200
Posted
2mo ago
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Engineering Manager, Data Platform - StarTree

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Job Title
Engineering Manager, Data Platform
Job Location
Mountain View
Job Description

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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StarTree Headquarters Location

Mountain View, CA

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StarTree Company Size

Between 100 - 200 employees

StarTree Founded Year

2018

StarTree Total Amount Raised

$75,000,000

StarTree Funding Rounds

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  • Series B

    $47M

  • Series B

    $47M

  • Series A

    $24M

  • Series A

    $24M

  • Seed

    $4M

  • Seed

    $4M