Staff Engineer
YugabyteDatabase Software company
IndiaLead
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Sapphire Ventures
Meritech Capital
8VC
Dell Technologies Capital
Alkeon Capital
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Design and scale core distributed storage and transaction features.
- •As a Staff Engineer on the Distributed Storage & Transactions (DST) team, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the core distributed storage, replication, and transaction foundations of YugabyteDB.
- •Key Responsibilities 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.
- •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.
- •Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including replication and consensus, transactions and consistency models, fault tolerance and recovery.
- •Experience working on storage engines, databases, or other infrastructure-level systems.
Required skills
C++PostgreSQL
Domain expertise
fintech
Tech stack
C++PostgreSQL