Software Engineer II

YugabyteDB•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$150,000 - $170,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Software Engineer on Yugabyte’s Core Database Engineering team, you will work across the SQL layer, query execution, storage, replication, and transactional subsystems of YugabyteDB. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to solve complex problems and help keep the database robust, reliable, and performant at scale. The role is suited to engineers interested in databases, distributed systems, and systems programming who want hands-on experience building a large-scale, production-grade distributed database. The role involves developing features and improving the scalability and throughput of YugabyteDB, troubleshooting correctness, stability, and performance issues, and contributing to the open-source project. The team works in a hybrid model, together in the Sunnyvale office 2–3 days per week.

Requirements

1–4 years of software engineering experience, with a strong foundation in compiled languages such as C/C++.
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Understanding of systems engineering fundamentals, including operating systems, distributed systems, and databases.
Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
Experience programming in C/C++, Java, or similar systems-level languages.
Basic understanding of concurrency, threading, or distributed systems concepts.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative, distributed team environment.
Authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Coursework or hands-on experience in distributed systems or storage systems.
Academic or professional exposure to databases, SQL, or PostgreSQL.
Familiarity with PostgreSQL internals or other relational database engines.
Familiarity with replication, transactions, or fault-tolerance concepts.
Contributions to open-source database or systems projects.

Responsibilities

Write high-quality C/C++ code, and contribute in other languages as needed, with comprehensive automated tests; participate actively in code reviews.
Add unit, integration, and regression tests to ensure correctness and stability.
Improve database scalability and throughput as cluster sizes and transaction volumes grow.
Contribute to the open-source YugabyteDB project and strengthen its distributed SQL capabilities across releases.
Troubleshoot and resolve correctness, stability, and performance issues in complex distributed query-planning and execution paths.
Design, implement, and test YugabyteDB features under the guidance of senior engineers.
Collaborate with engineers across query, storage, and platform teams.