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Staff Engineer

🕒 3 days ago
C/C++Distributed SystemsReplicationConsensus

📜 Description

  • Lead the design, development, testing, and delivery of core storage and replication features in YugabyteDB.
  • Write high-quality C/C++ code with comprehensive automated tests; actively participate in design discussions and code reviews.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve correctness, stability, and performance issues in complex distributed storage and transactional subsystems.
  • Improve database scalability and throughput as cluster sizes, data volumes, and transaction rates continue to grow.
  • Identify and implement performance improvements across the storage engine, transaction processing, and replication layers.
  • Contribute to the open-source YugabyteDB project, helping evolve its storage architecture and operational reliability.

🛠️ Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong foundation in systems programming using C/C++.
  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science (or related field), or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience working on storage engines, databases, or other infrastructure-level systems.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to operate effectively in a collaborative, distributed team environment
  • Hands-on experience with distributed storage systems, transactional engines, or consensus protocols.
  • Familiarity with LSM-tree based storage engines, WALs, snapshots, or compaction strategies.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL internals or other relational database engines is a strong plus.
  • Prior contributions to open-source systems or database projects.
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