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Starburst

Starburst Data is a data access and analytics company that develops an SQL query engine. It provides fast and interactive enterprise-ready distribution, consisting of additional tooling and configurations, enabling data analysts to run…

Boston, MA

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Founded: 2017
Headcount: 463
Open roles: 34
Last raised: Series D

LOCATIONS

Where they work

Starburst offices

Boston, MA

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FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$414,000,000

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz Index Ventures Alkeon Capital Management Altimeter Capital Management Ameet Patel B Capital Coatue Ethos VC Salesforce Ventures

Funding rounds

Series D
Alkeon Capital Management, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, Altimeter Capital Management, Salesforce Ventures, Index Ventures, B Capital, Ethos VC
$250MFeb 8, 2022
Series C
Andreessen Horowitz, Salesforce Ventures, Coatue, Index Ventures
$100MJan 5, 2021
Series B
Coatue, Index Ventures
$42MJun 15, 2020
Series A
Index Ventures, Ameet Patel
$22MNov 19, 2019

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TECH STACK

How Starburst builds

Extracted from Starburst’s job postings we’ve tracked

×N is how many of Starburst’s open roles mention that technology.

Data Engineering & Warehousing

Trino×38 Apache Spark×7 Apache Hadoop×3 dbt×2

Programming Languages

Java×16 Python×10 Bash×5 TypeScript×5 HTML×3

Cloud Platforms

Amazon Web Services×13 Microsoft Azure×11 Google Cloud×10

DevOps & Infrastructure

Docker×7 Docker/Kubernetes×7 Linux×7 GitHub×3

Databases

SQL×13

Security & Identity

OAuth 2.0×3

Frameworks & Libraries

React×3

CRM & Sales Tools

Salesforce×3

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OPEN ROLES

Hiring at Starburst

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LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Kamil Bajda-Pawlikowski

CTO at Starburst

StarburstTeradataHadaptYale UniversityMy Research LabSabreYale UniversityPolitechnika WroctawskaWroclaw University of Science and Technology

Anu Sudarsan

Justin Borgman

CEO at Starburst

StarburstTeradataHadaptCovectraMIT Lincoln LaboratoryRaytheon TechnologiesYale UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Wojciech Biela

Employee at University of Bielsko-Biala

StarburstTeradataHadaptIstima Sp. z o.o.Pragmatists (acquired by Snowflake inc.)FreelancerUniwersytet WrocławskiWroclaw University of Science and Technology