Staff Software Engineer, Database Systems

Dormont Manufacturing Co; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation (cash + equity)

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous 401(k) and retirement plans

Job summary

Zilliz is seeking a skilled database developer to contribute to their innovative platforms in Redwood City, California. The candidate will develop distributed database systems, research emerging technologies, and manage the Milvus open-source community.

Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of experience in database development, be active contributors to infrastructure software, and hold a degree in computer science. The position offers competitive compensation, including cash, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in developing database systems.
• Active contributor to infrastructure software like Snowflake, Oracle RDBMS, or PostgreSQL.
• Willingness to adapt in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop distributed database systems using innovative platforms.
• Create and verify request plans and new systems.
• Design core architecture code and solve technical issues.

Skills

Database systems development

Infrastructure software contribution

Adaptability in a startup

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering

Job description

Zilliz is a fast growing startup developing the industry’s leading vector database company for enterprise-grade AI. Founded by the engineers behind Milvus, the world’s most popular open-source vector database, the company builds next generation database technologies to help organizations quickly create AI applications. On a mission to democratise AI, Zilliz is committed to simplifying data management for AI applications and making vector databases accessible to every organization.

What you will do:

• Develop distributed database systems using Zilliz’s innovative data science platforms.
• Create request plans, develop new systems, and perform prototype verification and testing.
• Design and write core architecture code. Provide creative solutions to technical issues that arise during the product development process.
• Take ownership of product performance and stability.
• Research emerging technology to optimise the performance of underlying distributed platforms.
• Manage the Milvus open-source community and broaden Zilliz’s reach worldwide.

What we are looking for:

• 4+ years of experience in developing database systems
• Active contributor to one or more infrastructure software such as Snowflake, CockroachDB, Oracle RDBMS, Google BigQuery, Spanner, Redshift, Aurora, Cosmos DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Hudi, Delta Lake, Iceberg, Ray, Spark, Flink, Kafka, Redis, ElasticSearch, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in computer science, software engineering, or other relevant disciplines.
• Willing to adapt to a fast changing environment (i.e. the different stages of a startup company)

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation (cash + equity)
• Regular bonus and equity refresh opportunities
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and global reset/wellbeing days
• Generous 401(k) and regional retirement plans

Zilliz is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability or length of time spent unemployed.