Senior Software Engineer

• SingleStore engineers build the real-time data platform that enables some of the world’s most demanding applications
• Our cloud-native database architecture enables high-performance transactional and analytical workloads at scale
• Our Software Engineers work on small, collaborative teams to help drive our company forward
• Whether you’re improving the fault tolerance of a SingleStore cluster, accelerating the performance of SQL queries with techniques like SIMD vectorization and LLVM codeGen, or writing search and costing modules for the query optimizer, our engineers are responsible for building systems critical to high performance workloads
• Note: This role is open across multiple levels
• Final leveling (Senior, Staff, or Principal) will be determined based on experience, scope of impact, and demonstrated technical leadership throughout the interview process
• Develop database engine features based on company direction and customer requests to ensure that requirements are met in a timely manner
• Deliver bug-free code in a low-level, unmanaged memory C++ environment
• Translate high-level customer requirements into actionable and deliverable software features
• Learn, propose, and adapt cutting-edge technologies from across industry and academia into SingleStore’s database architecture for ensuring optimal performance and throughput for customer workloads in both analytical and transactional scenarios
• Design and execute comprehensive test plans to evaluate database engine functionality, ensuring thorough coverage and accuracy, using Python, C++, and SQL
• Use low-level debugging techniques including GDB and Flame graphs to fix problems and improve performance
• Work on distributed systems algorithms and problems/components of core database engine behind SingleStore
• Take part in code reviews and design reviews for the purpose of software quality assurance

Benefits

• Customize a benefits plan that include health, dental and vision that best fits you and your family
• Flexible time off, sick and parental leave programs, plus company holidays
• As a privately held company, we strive to give meaningful stock grants through our equity program
• Fitness subsidy, Modern Health App Subscription, Team Happy Hours and events
• Home Workstation. We provide the laptop, you design your home office any way you want it with a $500 equipment stipend
• Matching Charitable Donations. Corporate donation matching to charitable organizations with 1-week of paid volunteer time off
• Work remotely if it makes sense for you, your position, your team, and the company
• Commuter benefits
• Monthly cell phone and internet stipend
• 401k
• Food perks
• Fertility & Family Formation reimbursement
• FSA and team events and company offsites

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated ability to design and build highly reliable, high-performance system software
• 5+ years of experience developing and debugging system-level software in unmanaged languages like C++ or Rust
• Familiarity with distributed systems managed via Kubernetes
• Knowledge of database architecture and operating systems