The Role
We’re looking for a driven and innovative Database Engineer to help shape the future of our open-source, Google Zanzibar-inspired database, built to manage security-critical application permissions. In this role, you'll leverage your knowledge in database engineering to push the boundaries of performance, scalability, and efficiency in SpiceDB OSS and Enterprise. You’ll focus on low-latency query optimization, refining database architecture, and ensuring the system is robust and reliable for large-scale, mission-critical applications.
What You’ll Do
- Research, design, implement, test and release new database features and enhancements.
- Troubleshoot correctness, stability or performance issues related to statement planning and execution in a complex distributed system.
- Drive Optimization efforts by gathering statistics, refining query planning, and implementing materialized views and incremental view maintenance (IVM).
- Apply indexing, partitioning, and caching strategies to improve query efficiency and overall database performance.
- Contribute to both our open source and enterprise database product, SpiceDB.
- Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and support teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Experience with system-level languages like Golang, C/C++, Rust or Zig.
- Familiarity with database concepts, and how they are implemented: compilers, indices, query planning, optimization, materialized views, etc.
- Solid foundation with systems engineering fundamentals including distributed systems, operating systems, databases.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a desire to learn and grow.
- Effective communication skills for working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with remote teams across time zones.
Nice To Have
- Master’s level coursework in database systems.
- Experience with Golang.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and managing databases in cloud-native environments.
- Familiarity with modern software development practices (CI/CD, Docker, Git) and authorization systems.
Role will close on Friday, September 20, 2024 at 12pm ET.