Research Software Engineer - Databases

Bright Purple; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Edinburgh is seeking an exceptional Senior Database Researcher. This role involves performing systems research and contributing to the development of next-generation database management systems. Ideal candidates will have a strong computer science background and experience with system-level programming languages, such as C, C++, Java, Rust, or Go. This position offers a competitive salary of up to £100,000.

Qualifications

• Strong computer science background.
• Experience with database management systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform systems research on database management systems.
• Analyze requirements for next-gen database storage engines.
• Design and implement technical building blocks for databases.

Skills

Research methodology

System-level programming languages (C, C++, Java, Rust, Go)

Job description

Database Senior Researcher - Up to £100,000 - Edinburgh

We are working in close partnership with one of the world’s most innovative tech companies with one of the largest R&D teams in the world with approximately 80,000 employees in their research centres. A household name, their products are used by hundreds of millions of people.

We are looking to recruit an exceptional Database Senior Researcher for their Edinburgh R&D centre – which forms part of the £3 billion+ they have committed to their British research operations.

The main responsibilities will be..:

• Performsystems research and empirical science on current and future database management systems
• Analyseand understanding requirements for the next generation of database storage and query processing engines.
• Design, implementand deploy key technical building blocks for the next generation of database management systems.

Ifyou are comfortable with research methodology and you have a solid computer science background with experience on system-level programming languages (C,C++, Java, Rust or Go), that's your new challenge!

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.