TiDB, powered by PingCAP · 4 months ago
Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Storage & Backup Restore
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expPingCAP is a world-leading, one-stop, real-time HTAP database solution provider. The role involves developing the next-generation Cloud-Native Database storage layer and designing efficient data backup and restore solutions, while also improving TiDB's performance and mentoring junior engineers.
Cloud Data ServicesDatabaseOpen SourceSoftware
Responsibilities
Develop the next-generation Cloud-Native Database(TiDB) storage layer (e.g. TiKV) that is extremely scalable (e.g. PB level), optimized for the cloud environment and easy for backup and restore
Design and develop reliable, scalable and efficient data backup and restore pipeline, including fast PiTR (Point in-time Recovery) ability upon massive dataset, as well as next-generation second-level backup solution based on native S3
Analyze and improve TiDB's performance, stability, and scalability in the cloud environment
Troubleshoot and resolve customers' critical issues such as performance, stability, or scalability
Influence and lead the team with expertise and engineering excellence
Built and improved engineering practice for DBAAS infrastructure
Mentor junior engineers and help to grow the whole team's technical capability
Qualification
Required
Five (5) years of experience in software development/system development or related
Three (3) years of experience in database, storage, and/or distributed system development
Experience with cloud technologies, such as AWS, GCP, and/or Azure
Experience with container orchestration technology, e.g. Kubernetes
Aptability to remote collaboration and work models
Company
TiDB, powered by PingCAP
Founded in 2015, TiDB was born from the vision of three talented software engineers who set out to build a database system that would be more scalable and reliable than MySQL, while retaining its rich ecosystem of tools and frameworks.
501-1000 employees
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2025 (5)
2024 (4)
2023 (2)
2022 (8)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$641.6MKey Investors
China Growth CapitalYunqi Partners
2021-05-01Series D· $300M
2020-11-17Series D· $270M
2018-09-11Series C· $50M
Leadership Team
Dylan Cui
Co-founder
Edward Huang
Co-Founder | CTO
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