Principal Systems Developer – Kernel

Mass Digital Health; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance

401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Parental Leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Mass Digital Health in Boston is looking for a skilled developer to join the database kernel team. This role entails designing, implementing, and enhancing components of the InterSystems IRIS database engine. The successful candidate will write efficient code in C and C++, develop algorithms for optimal performance, and maintain APIs.

The ideal applicant will have over 10 years of experience in low-level system code, strong knowledge of operating systems and concurrency control, and a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field. Generous benefits and a competitive salary are part of the offer.

Qualifications

• 10+ years developing low-level system code for mission-critical software.
• Strong technical knowledge of computer architecture and operating systems.
• Commitment to creating robust code for high-stakes deployments.

Responsibilities

• Compose elegant, efficient, reliable and maintainable source code in C, with some C++.
• Analyze and optimize algorithms and data structures for efficiency.
• Develop and maintain database management APIs.

Skills

C Programming

C++

Algorithm Optimization

Concurrency Control

Memory Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

The InterSystems IRIS data platform is the engine behind some of the world’s most important applications. At its core is a super scalable, high performance database engine built to naturally and flexibly store data accessed from multiple data models, including multi-dimensional arrays, key/value, relational tables, and objects. The database engine runs on a variety of operating systems including Linux, AIX and Windows. It’s designed to scale on large NUMA machines, distributed cache clusters, and the cloud.

The database kernel team needs a creative and motivated developer to join them in designing, implementing and enhancing components of the database engine and its embedded programming language. As part of a small team at the center of the data platform, you can expect to make a large impact with a high degree of independence.

Responsibilities

• Compose elegant, efficient, reliable and maintainable source code in C, with some C++
• Analyze, develop and optimize algorithms and data structures for efficiency in memory and/or modern storage devices
• Analyze and understand concurrency control and memory ordering issues around access to shared memory structures
• Learn, maintain and extend the embedded database programming language (ObjectScript) that comprises the application interface to the database
• Enhance interactions with modern operating systems and hardware devices
• Develop and maintain database management APIs
• Debug complex problems; develop and run test code
• Compose internal design documentation and guide external documentation
• Stay up to date with operating system, storage and database technology

Experience Required

• 10+ years developing low-level system code for mission-critical software
• Experience in C or C++; assembly is a plus.
• Strong technical knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems, concurrency control, compiler and interpreter methods, and software engineering techniques
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Commitment to creating robust code to run for decades in high-stakes deployments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

InterSystems is providing a current good faith estimate of the anticipated base salary range for this position depending on a variety of factors including experience, education, skills, and performance.

Other compensation may include a discretionary annual variable target incentive.

The company also provides generous employee benefits including:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Tuition reimbursement

The estimated base compensation range for this role is: $144,000 — $205,000 USD