Full-Time

Resident Solution Architect

Bengaluru, India

Posted on 8/29/2025

Starburst

Starburst

501-1,000 employees

Enterprise-ready Trino data analytics platform

No salary listed

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Remote

Occasional in-person travel for onboarding, team/offsites, and customer engagements; US-East timezone support if needed.

Category
Sales & Solution Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Apache Spark
SQL
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in a technical role, such as solution architect, data engineer, or software engineer.
  • Deep understanding of data architecture principles, including data modeling, data integration, and data warehousing.
  • Proficiency in SQL and experience with distributed query engines (e.g., Presto, Trino, Apache Spark).
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about business challenges and technical solutions.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with customers and internal teams.
  • Ability to Travel: This role will require occasional in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events.
  • Timezone support: US-East if needed.
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with customers to understand their business goals, data architecture, and technical requirements.
  • Design end-to-end solutions that leverage Starburst products to address customer needs, including data access, analytics, and performance optimization.
  • Develop architectural diagrams, technical specifications, and implementation plans for customer projects.
  • Lead the implementation and deployment of Starburst solutions, working closely with customer teams and internal stakeholders.
  • Learn in depth how the engine, connectors and integrations with 3rd party products work.
  • Provide technical guidance and best practices to customers on using Starburst products effectively.
  • Work with partners to train and upskill external personnel on Starburst Products for successful delivery.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to create resources, best practices, application flow diagrams and internal processes that enhance partner delivery capabilities
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues that arise during the implementation and operation of Starburst solutions.
  • Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data management and analytics.
Desired Qualifications
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Prior experience in client facing / consulting roles is highly desirable.
  • Prior experience with open-source technologies and contributions to the open-source community are highly desirable.
  • Prior experience with running technical training internally or externally is highly desirable.
  • Interest in the field of AI models and agents is desirable.
  • Experience with Linux OS, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), containerization technologies (Docker and Kubernetes) and programming/scripting (Java/Python/Bash) is desirable.

Starburst provides an enterprise-grade distribution of the Trino SQL engine and professional support to run fast analytics on data lakes and other sources. It offers Starburst Galaxy (cloud) and Starburst Enterprise (on-prem) with extra connectors, security features, and enterprise support. The system connects to popular tools like Tableau, Power BI, Looker, and Python clients, enabling seamless data access across different data sources. Users access and query data through the Trino engine, which coordinates queries across data sources and returns results via familiar BI or programming interfaces. Starburst differentiates itself by adding enterprise-grade security, governance, and connectors on top of Trino, plus both cloud and on-prem options. The company’s goal is to help customers gain faster, more reliable data insights and better decision-making by enabling scalable analytics across data lakes and other sources.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$414M

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Surpassed $100M ARR with 40% YoY growth; financial services grew 85% YoY with four top-five Americas banks.
  • AI-ready architecture with vector search and LLM integration drives $20M AI annual run rate and enterprise adoption.
  • Arity case study demonstrates 10x faster processing and 66% cost reduction, validating value proposition for petabyte-scale workloads.

What critics are saying

  • Databricks' $43B valuation and 10,000+ customers enable aggressive pricing parity eroding Starburst's lakehouse market share.
  • Microsoft Fabric bundles federated query with Power BI at lower TCO, commoditizing Starburst's standalone query engine.
  • Financial services concentration (85% YoY growth) exposes Starburst to EU DORA and SEC data governance regulatory restrictions.

What makes Starburst unique

  • Federated query engine eliminates data movement across clouds, on-prem, and hybrid environments without vendor lock-in.
  • AIDA AI assistant reasons across distributed data using ReAct framework for analyst-level insights without centralization.
  • 40x query performance improvement with VAST Data integration positions Starburst as fastest Trino-based lakehouse solution.

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Benefits

Competitive salary & attractive stock grants

Remote-friendly work options

Quality & affordable insurance

Flexible & generous paid time off

Environment of transparency, honesty & respect

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-1%
The Associated Press
Apr 14th, 2026
Starburst launches AIDA, AI assistant that reasons across distributed enterprise data for faster decisions

Starburst has launched AI Data Assistant (AIDA), a new capability designed to help organisations analyse enterprise data using natural language. The system uses a ReAct reasoning framework to move beyond simple query generation, combining live data sampling and metadata analysis to deliver analyst-level insights. AIDA features persona-based outputs tailored to user roles, white labeling options, and support for multiple large language models including Anthropic, OpenAI and AWS Bedrock. The platform operates on distributed data across lakes, warehouses and cloud storage without requiring data centralisation. Planned Q2 releases include AIDA Studio for external system integration and configurable governance guardrails. The company aims to address revenue leakage, customer churn prevention and fraud detection. Starburst serves enterprises in over 60 countries, including Comcast and Citigroup.

Business Wire
Apr 7th, 2026
Starburst named among top 15 AI data and analytics companies on CRN's 2026 AI 100 list

Starburst, an enterprise intelligence platform provider, has been named to CRN's 2026 AI 100 list in the AI Data and Analytics category for the second consecutive year. The company was also recognised amongst "The 15 Hottest AI Data and Analytics Companies". Starburst's federated platform enables organisations to securely access and govern data across on-premises systems, multiple clouds and hybrid environments without relocating it. This approach allows enterprises to leverage complete data context for analytics and AI applications. The company recently surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, driven by growing enterprise demand for scalable, governed data access to support AI initiatives. Leading enterprises in over 60 countries, including Comcast and Citigroup, use Starburst's platform built on open standards with Trino and Apache Iceberg.

Business Wire
Feb 18th, 2026
Starburst surpasses $100M ARR with 40% growth as enterprises shift from BI to AI-ready data infrastructure

Starburst, a data and AI platform provider, has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, achieving nearly 40% year-over-year growth and a $20 million AI annual run rate. The company secured multiple eight-figure enterprise deals whilst doubling its international business. The Boston-based firm demonstrated particular strength in financial services, growing 85% year-over-year in that sector and establishing relationships with four of the top five banks in the Americas. European business grew 70%, with the company maintaining 130% net dollar retention. Starburst's platform enables federated data access for enterprise AI without requiring data migration, positioning itself as an alternative to traditional business intelligence tools. The company has formed strategic partnerships with Dell, NetApp, Pure Storage and contributes to Snowflake's Open Semantic Interchange initiative.

Greenville Business Magazine
May 19th, 2025
Starburst Gains Strategic Investment from Citi

Starburst announced a strategic investment from Citi, made through Citi's Markets Innovation & Investments division. This collaboration aims to advance AI-ready data infrastructure, focusing on governance, performance, and flexibility for financial services. Starburst's platform unifies access to distributed data without complex migrations, supporting enterprises in regulated industries. The investment reinforces Starburst's mission to remove barriers between data and insight.

PR Newswire
May 19th, 2025
Starburst Announces Strategic Investment from Citi

/PRNewswire/ -- Starburst, the data platform for apps and AI, today announced a strategic investment from Citi. Starburst's platform enables organizations to...

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