Summer 2026
Software Engineering Intern
Posted on 3/2/2026
Starburst
501-1,000 employees
Enterprise-ready Trino data analytics platform
Compensation Overview
$25 - $40/hr
Boston, MA, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid role; occasional in-person attendance at Boston HQ may be required.
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- Completed coursework in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
- Rising Senior or recent graduate
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and computational efficiency
- Experience developing software in Java
- Design and develop components for Starburst products, including a comprehensive, fully-featured web-based user interface
- Apply algorithms and data structures to solve real-world engineering challenges at scale
- Contribute to large-scale data processing systems, optimizing for computational efficiency and performance
- Participate in projects from concept to completion, bringing rigorous analytical thinking to design and implementation decisions
- Continuously improve our engineering processes, tests, and systems that allow us to scale the code base and productivity of the team
- Collaborate with teams globally and operate in a fast-paced environment
- Provide exceptional customer support for both internal and external customers
- Exposure to large-scale data processing, distributed systems, or performance-sensitive applications
- Prior experience building SaaS (especially for Starburst Galaxy)
- Experience contributing to open-source software is a plus
- Demonstration of ownership, grit, and bias for action
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
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- AI Search and AIDA expand Starburst into enterprise AI workflows.[9]
- Iceberg optimization lowers operational overhead for lakehouse modernization.[3][6]
- Dell and VAST partnerships broaden infrastructure reach and performance claims.[1][5]
What critics are saying
- Open-source Trino remains a direct substitute for paid Starburst deployments.[3][5]
- Databricks and Snowflake can absorb governance and federation into their platforms.[3]
- AIDA failures in auditability or security would damage regulated-enterprise trust.[3][9]
What makes Starburst unique
- Founded by Trino’s creators, Starburst ships an enterprise-ready Trino distribution.[3]
- It queries distributed data without pipelines, movement, or centralization across 50+ sources.[3]
- Galaxy and Enterprise support hybrid deployments for regulated cloud migrations.[2][3]
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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
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↑ 0%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.
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.
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.
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.
/PRNewswire/ -- Starburst, the data platform for apps and AI, today announced a strategic investment from Citi. Starburst's platform enables organizations to...