Software Engineer, Database Reliability & Performance

Required

• Coding Proficiency: Deep hands-on experience developing using Rust (highly preferred) or a desire to learn Rust with system experience in [C++|Golang].
• Strong QA and Testing Experience: Proven track record in performance, regression, and reliability validation frameworks. Ability to confidently establish repeatable baselines for distributed data systems.
• Solid understanding of CS fundamentals with minimum Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of work experience.
• Comfort using modern AI assistants and tools (e.g., Claude) for quick troubleshooting, on-the-fly utility generation, and analyzing logs and pattern anomalies at scale.
• Competency working with containerized environments and orchestration frameworks like Docker and Kubernetes, alongside modern CI utilities such as CircleCI.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively work asynchronously.
• Bonus if you've had experience
• Building distributed systems.
• Working with database internals and various cloud vendors.
• Participating in an on-call rotation.
• Working with distributed products and teams.
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