Senior Software Engineer - Data Replication

TiDB; Poland; Remote; PLN 290,000 - 436,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge database company is seeking a data replication engineer to enhance the TiCDC project. The role involves designing technical documentation, developing features, and analyzing production issues. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and experience with distributed systems, as well as proficiency in programming languages such as C, Java, and Go. This position offers a remote working opportunity.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in developing enterprise software in a global environment.
• Experience in Database Internals is a big plus.
• Familiarity with dataflow/streaming systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new features for the dataflow system.
• Analyze database production issues and fix product defects.
• Drive product quality enhancements through collaboration.

Skills

Knowledge about distributed systems and databases

Experience with programming languages: C, C++, Java, Go, Rust

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Hands-on experience building industrial-strength software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Overview

Remote - United States

Join us as we scale our business by building on our tremendous success around the world. The massive database market is going to double over the next few years and TiDB is a global player positioned as a major disruptor with TiDB Database and Database as a Service offering. TiDB is an open-source, cloud-native, distributed SQL database for elastic scale and real-time analytics. Large and high-growth organizations in markets as varied as financial services, logistics, gaming, e-commerce and software as a service have successfully deployed and expanded their TiDB footprint on mission-critical applications. Our strong open-source community roots draw passionate and dedicated people to our company. Learn more about TiDB careers and join our team to be at the forefront of innovation and growth.

Role Overview

The data replication engineering team focuses on the open-source project TiCDC (https://github.com/pingcap/tiflow) maintenance, new features development and stability improvements. The TiCDC project aims to extend the ecosystem boundary of distributed database TiDB. Our team will explore the latest research, design detailed technical documentation and implement them to enhance the product. We are investigating the most effective dataflow computation architecture to ensure data replication correctness, high performance, fault tolerance and stability.

Responsibilities

• Design detailed technical documentation and develop new features of the dataflow system;
• Explore the latest research and industrial implementation;
• Analyze database production issues and fix product defects;
• Actively prioritize bugs and multi-task on critical escalations;
• Drive and implement database product quality enhancements through multiple dimensions and with different stakeholders;

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related degree or equivalent practical experience;
• Hands-on experience building industrial-strength software;
• Knowledge about distributed systems and databases;
• Experience with one or more of the following programming languages: C, C++, Java, Go, Rust;
• Experience in Database Internals is a big plus;
• Experience in developing enterprise software in a global environment;
• Experience in dataflow/streaming system knowledge;
• Strong operating system and distributed system knowledge;
• Comfortable with multi-tasking;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;

We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. Come advance with us! In keeping with our values, no employee or applicant will face discrimination/harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. TiDB also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior from ever gaining a foothold in our organization. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at TiDB.

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