Staff Software Engineer - Scalable Query Engine

International Business Machines Corporation; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in Lowell, MA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance the Realtime Context Engine project, focusing on scalable, multi-tenant compute infrastructure and core query execution components.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver high-availability database systems across Confluent Cloud; preferred expertise in C++, Rust, and distributed systems, with a Master’s degree.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience building database technologies.
• Experience in designing and operating large-scale database systems.
• Distributed systems experience and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop query execution strategies for large-scale databases.
• Build and maintain multi-tenant, highly available infrastructure for database workloads.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to integrate storage features.

Skills

C++

Rust

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Apache Iceberg

Velox

Substrait

Job description

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in Lowell, MA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance the Realtime Context Engine project, focusing on scalable, multi-tenant compute infrastructure and core query execution components.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver high-availability database systems across Confluent Cloud; preferred expertise in C++, Rust, and distributed systems, with a Master’s degree.