Qualification

Deep Kubernetes ExpertiseStrong OO / Systems ProficiencyCloud Provider NetworkingAI Platform AwarenessDiagnostic AcumenCommunication & CollaborationTo all recruitment agenciesFor candidates residing in California

Required

8–12+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, deploying, and operating distributed enterprise SaaS platforms at scale.
Deep Kubernetes Expertise: Hands-on mastery of Kubernetes internals, CRDs, custom controller development (client-go/controller-runtime), scheduling dynamics, and container networking/runtime internals.
Strong OO / Systems Proficiency: Expert proficiency in Go and Python with an emphasis on concurrent programming, low-latency I/O, and distributed state management.
Cloud Provider Networking: Deep operational literacy in cloud networking constructs (e.g., Transit Gateways, DirectConnect/ExpressRoute, Private Service Connect, CIDR subnetting, MTLS, and load balancing).
AI Platform Awareness: Practical familiarity with the compute, caching, and storage dynamics needed for real-time AI/ML pipelines, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and vector embeddings.
Diagnostic Acumen: Proven ability to debug complex, non-deterministic bugs in production across network layers, memory allocations, and distributed consensus.
Communication & Collaboration: Outstanding written and oral communication skills, with a track record of driving cross-team alignment and influencing executive-level technical strategy.

Preferred

Prior experience building managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) or data-intensive streaming infrastructure.
Active open-source contributions within the CNCF or cloud-native container ecosystem.
Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane).
SingleStore delivers our cloud-native database with the speed and scale to power the world’s data-intensive applications. With a distributed SQL database that introduces simplicity to your data architecture by unifying transactions and analytics, SingleStore empowers digital leaders to deliver exceptional, real-time data experiences to their customers. SingleStore is venture-backed and headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Sunnyvale, Raleigh, Seattle, Boston, London, Lisbon, Bangalore, Dublin and Kyiv.
Consistent with our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we value individuals with the ability to work on diverse teams and with a diverse range of people.
To all recruitment agencies: SingleStore does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to SingleStore employees. SingleStore is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.
SingleStore values individuals for their unique skills and experiences, and we’re proud to offer roles in a variety of locations across the United States. Salary is based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location, and is just one part of our total compensation and benefits package. Certain roles are also eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases and annual bonuses.

Staff / Principal Software Engineer – Cloud Platform & SaaS at Singlestore · LumiJobs

Staff / Principal Software Engineer – Cloud Platform & SaaS

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