Software Engineer | Private Cloud Systems

SingleStore; Pune District; On-site; INR 943,396 - 1,415,094; Full time

Job summary

SingleStore is seeking a Software Engineer for their Private Cloud Systems team based in Pune, India. In this role, you will design and enhance infrastructure systems, contributing to vital projects that enhance performance and fault tolerance. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience, expertise in systems software, and a strong grasp of distributed systems culture. The role encourages a collaborative environment focused on innovation and learning from failures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in developing and optimizing systems software.
• Deep expertise in virtualization, storage, or scientific computing.
• Experience in designing and troubleshooting distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Engage in the design and development of major infrastructure components.
• Own your systems end-to-end from design to production.
• Drive continuous improvement in system reliability.

Skills

systems software optimization

system level expertise

distributed systems design

C/C++ programming

Python scripting

Education

B.S. degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Linux shells

virtualization tools

Job description

Position Overview

The Infrastructure Systems Engineering team is in the midst of building our next‑generation private cloud infrastructure as part of a greenfield initiative to in‑house existing internal use cases on public cloud and support new initiatives. The historical deployment primarily supported our database test system: a system that runs over 7.25 million tests per month, writes petabytes to storage daily, and we’re currently scaling multiple times in the next year alone.

As a Software Engineer, Private Cloud Systems, you will design, implement, and continuously improve systems at lower abstraction levels. You’ll collaborate closely with a small, highly skilled team to balance battle‑hardened best practices and creative innovation in an environment that embraces working from first principles and celebrates learning from failure.

Role And Responsibilities

• Engage in the design and development of major infrastructure components and systems, focusing on fault tolerance and performance.
• Practice principles of distributed leadership – being comfortable shifting between leading, collaborating with, and following your peers on different projects.
• Own your systems end‑to‑end from design to production.
• Work closely with other teams to ensure the successful integration and operation of our infrastructure systems.
• Foster an environment where people take chances, are not punished for mistakes, and continuously improve by learning from their own and others’ mistakes.
• Enable fact‑driven decision‑making by deferring to the data or code in question whenever possible.
• Drive continuous improvement in system reliability and usability.

Required Skills And Experience

• At least 5 years of experience developing and optimizing systems software.
• Deep expertise (can speak both to system level and implementation detail) in at least one of:
  • virtualization
  • storage
  • service modeling & REST API/SDK generation
  • scientific or high‑performance computing
  • kernel development
• Natural curiosity or drive to learn about new or adjacent technologies.
• Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Comfort with at least one systems programming language (C/C++, golang) and one scripting language (python, bash).
• Comfort with shells on *nix family systems.
• B.S. degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with low‑level monitoring & profiling (e.g., pcm, perf, bpf).
• Experience with, or hobbyist interest in, distributed elastic AI / LLM CPU inference (e.g., OpenVino, llama.cpp).
• Familiarity with, or interest in, SingleStore or other distributed SQL databases.

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.