about 2 hours ago
Base Salary
$294k - $343k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement new engine features such as indexing and replication protocols.
- Evolve the control plane for elastic scaling and zero-downtime schema moves.
- Profile and optimize critical code paths using advanced performance tooling.
- Establish engineering best practices through design reviews and performance benchmarks.
- Automate testing, CI/CD, and observability frameworks for hands-off operations.
- Mentor engineers and foster deep database craftsmanship.
- Engage with the open-source community by upstreaming patches and presenting learnings.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field.
- Deep experience with large-scale distributed databases or storage engines.
- Expertise in database internals and strong skills in C/C++, GO, or Rust.
- Hands-on experience with consensus algorithms and multi-region replication models.
- Proven success in shipping high-QPS, low-latency services on container orchestration stacks.
- Ability to turn ambiguous product requirements into a clear technical roadmap.
- Passion for automation, rigorous testing, and data-driven decision-making.
- Bonus: upstream contributions to PostgreSQL or familiarity with disaggregated storage.
Benefits
- Eligible for equity compensation.
- Flexible onsite work schedule with optional presence on Mondays and Fridays.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering