Senior Software Engineer, Replicated Storage Services

Responsibilities

• Develop novel data replication solutions based on the Raft consensus protocol for ensuring automatic failover and zero-downtime of user applications
• Handle distributed systems related customer escalations from Technical Support team
• Write production-ready database code in C++
• Write unit tests and integration tests in C++, Javascript, and Python to demonstrate application correctness
• Diagnose test failures, identify bugs in existing code, and fix them
• Investigate the performance impact of code changes that may cause software performance regressions
• Interview candidates for software engineering positions
• Develop and maintain expertise on cutting edge database and distributed systems research from industry and academia
• Handle (or lead the effort to handle) time-sensitive customer escalations
• Lead development and project management of large, cross-team projects
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams across the company to jointly work on large initiatives
• Advise Product Management on engineering complexity and inter-project dependencies
• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering leadership to define product roadmaps

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in programming, debugging, and performance tuning distributed and/or highly concurrent C/C++ software systems
• Strong systems fundamentals, including multi-threaded programming and performance profiling
• Familiarity with distributed systems such as consensus protocols, data replication, distributed transactions, and fault tolerance
• Familiarity with database internals or building core components for data processing systems
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and a desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor junior engineers and interns
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to make realistic assessments of project complexity
• Passion for learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in C++ is preferable, but not required