Senior -Source Software Engineer – Apache Cassandra

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end upstream initiatives in Apache Cassandra
• Provide binding committer reviews on upstream patches and community contributions
• Co‑own Apache Cassandra core release management as part of the rotating committer pool
• Translate enterprise customer needs into credible upstream proposals
• Shape community direction through evidence‑based participation on the dev@ mailing list
• Mentor engineers toward committer standing
• Improve upstream infrastructure - CI reliability, test coverage, contributor tooling, and release automation

• A minimum of 12 years of applicable professional software engineering experience
• Current Apache Cassandra committer status with a sustained and publicly verifiable upstream track record across patches, reviews, and community standing in Cassandra core or a closely related subproject
• Expert Java engineering capability in performance-sensitive, concurrent, and production-grade distributed systems
• Deep mastery of Apache Cassandra internals in at least one major domain: storage engine and compaction, indexing and SAI/vector, distributed consensus and repair, observability and virtual tables, or release management and CI
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical work through the Apache open source governance model
• Strong written communication for asynchronous, global, public technical collaboration
• Proven senior-level technical judgment.

• Apache Cassandra
• Java
• distributed systems
• release management
• CI reliability
• test coverage
• contributor tooling
• performance-sensitive systems
• concurrent programming
• observability

• leadership
• mentoring
• written communication
• technical judgment
• community participation