Timescale · 2 months ago
Senior Software Engineer - Database Internals
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expTiger Data, formerly Timescale, empowers developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for various workloads. The role involves designing, coding, and testing the core of the PostgreSQL-based database, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance enhancements.
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Responsibilities
Play a core role in helping to design and develop new database capabilities, including analytics, clustering and distributed operations, query and storage optimizations, and more
Develop, test, and release new features and functionality from our database technical roadmap
Continually improve, optimize, and test the existing functionality of TimescaleDB
Improve infrastructure to evaluate and test database correctness and performance
Work closely with our Cloud Engineering team to build a world-class experience for our TigerData customers
Provide elevated technical assistance to high-value customers, gaining insight into the needs and experiences of our users
Be an enthusiastic and personable teammate, receiving and providing code reviews and partnering and helping other engineers
Qualification
Required
5+ years of engineering experience
Expertise in building industrial-strength software in C/C++ for large code bases
Solid knowledge of SQL, query processing and database engines, concurrency control, data replication, and/or distributed systems
Passion for building highly reliable system software
Preferred
Experience in PostgreSQL internal development is highly desirable (but not required)
Experience with industry-standard software validation tools helpful, e.g., Jepsen, Valgrind, Coverity, pprof, etc
Benefits
Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave
Fridays off in August 😎
Fully remote opportunities globally
Stock options for long-term growth
Monthly WiFi stipend
Professional development and educational resources 📚
Premium insurance options for you and your family (US-based employees)
Company
Timescale
Timescale is addressing one of the largest challenges (and opportunities) in databases for years to come: helping developers, businesses, and society make sense of the data that humans and their machines are generating in copious amounts.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$181.1MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementRedpointIcon Ventures
2022-02-22Series C· $110M
2021-05-05Series B· $40M
2019-01-29Series A· $15M
Leadership Team
🐯 Michael Freedman
Cofounder / CTO
James Weitzman
Senior Director, Head of Business Development & Partnerships
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