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TigerdataTigerdataNew York, NY

Senior Software Engineer - Database Internals

Designs, codes, and tests core PostgreSQL database features including analytics, clustering, query optimizations, and distributed operations. Requires 5+ years experience with C/C++, database internals, and systems building.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Play a core role in helping to design and develop new database capabilities, including analytics, clustering and distributed operations, query and storage optimizations, and more.
  • Develop, test, and release new features and functionality from our database technical roadmap.
  • Continually improve, optimize, and test the existing functionality of TimescaleDB.
  • Improve infrastructure to evaluate and test database correctness and performance.
  • Work closely with our Cloud Engineering team to build a world-class experience for our TigerData customers.
  • Provide elevated technical assistance to high-value customers, gaining insight into the needs and experiences of our users.
  • Be an enthusiastic and personable teammate, receiving and providing code reviews and partnering and helping other engineers.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of engineering experience.
  • Expertise in building industrial-strength software in C/C++ for large code bases.
  • Experience in PostgreSQL internal development is highly desirable (but not required).
  • Solid knowledge of SQL, query processing and database engines, concurrency control, data replication, and/or distributed systems.
  • Passion for building highly reliable system software.
  • Experience with industry-standard software validation tools helpful, e.g., Jepsen, Valgrind, Coverity, pprof, etc.

Tech Stack

  • PostgreSQL, Tiger Cloud, AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, innovative features like Hypertables, Hypercore, vector search, and real-time analytics.

Skills

CC++PostgresSQLAWSGoDockerKubernetesPythonJepsenValgrindDistributed Systems

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