Senior Software Engineer - Real-Time Query Engine & Scale

International Business Machines Corporation; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance the Realtime Context Engine, focusing on multi-tenant, scalable compute infrastructure and efficient query execution. You will drive platform features and collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape cloud-native AI-powered solutions.

Join IBM Software to work on cutting-edge database technologies and scale systems across large datasets, while contributing to OSS projects and cloud integrations

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of demonstrated professional work experience building database technologies.
• Experience in building and operating large-scale database systems.
• Distributed Systems domain experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement query execution, planning, and caching strategies at massive scale.
• Build and maintain multi-tenant, highly available infrastructure powering Lightning tables and the realtime context engine.
• Collaborate with product management, design, and other engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of storage features and infrastructure.

Skills

C++

Rust

Distributed systems

Communication

Education

Computer Science degree with specialization in database technologies

Tools

Apache Iceberg

Velox

Substrait

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance the Realtime Context Engine, focusing on multi-tenant, scalable compute infrastructure and efficient query execution. You will drive platform features and collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape cloud-native AI-powered solutions.

Join IBM Software to work on cutting-edge database technologies and scale systems across large datasets, while contributing to OSS projects and cloud integrations