Remote Database Engine Engineer — High-Impact Systems

BairesDev; Colombia; Remote; COP 292,047,000 - 421,845,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

USD or local currency compensation

Home setup provided

Flexible hours

Parental leave & holidays

Mentorship & growth

Global team

Job summary

BairesDev is seeking a Software Engineer (Database) to develop and optimize core database engine internals, focusing on high-performance storage and retrieval at scale.

You will implement MVCC, WAL, and reliable data persistence with B-tree/LSM structures, and collaborate to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.

This 100% remote role offers USD compensation, flexible hours, and a global, mentorship-driven environment with the world’s top 1% talent.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in software engineering focused on database engine internals.
• Experience with MVCC, WAL, B-tree/LSM trees and replication.
• Proficiency in C, C++, or Rust and SQL semantics.
• Strong English skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine core engine components, including storage engines and query optimization logic.
• Implement MVCC to ensure data consistency.
• Design and maintain data persistence layers with WAL and B-tree/LSM structures.
• Engineer distributed data systems with efficient replication protocols.
• Enhance SQL semantics handling and low-level resource management.
• Collaborate with systems architects to improve performance, scalability and reliability.

Skills

Database internals

Systems programming

MVCC

Query optimization

English

Tools

C

C++

Rust

SQL

Job description

BairesDev is seeking a Software Engineer (Database) to develop and optimize core database engine internals, focusing on high-performance storage and retrieval at scale.

You will implement MVCC, WAL, and reliable data persistence with B-tree/LSM structures, and collaborate to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.

This 100% remote role offers USD compensation, flexible hours, and a global, mentorship-driven environment with the world’s top 1% talent.