TiDB, powered by PingCAP · 2 months ago
Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Storage
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$180K/yr - $260K/yr
5+ years expPingCAP is a global player in the massive database market, offering TiDB, an open-source, cloud-native, distributed SQL database. The role focuses on enhancing the performance, scalability, and reliability of TiKV, while collaborating with the open-source community and mentoring junior engineers.
Cloud Data ServicesDatabaseOpen SourceSoftware
Responsibilities
Design and implement core kernel features of TiKV to improve performance, scalability, and reliability
Optimize data structures, algorithms, and concurrency mechanisms in TiKV to maximize throughput and minimize latency
Collaborate with the open-source community to review and merge contributions to the TiKV codebase, ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards
Lead efforts to enhance TiKV's backup and restore capabilities at the kernel level, including but not limited to developing efficient snapshotting and Pitr mechanisms
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
Document design decisions, implementation details, and performance optimizations in technical specifications, design documents, and code comments
Stay updated on the latest developments in distributed systems research and industry trends, and contribute insights and expertise to inform our technology roadmap
Mentor junior engineers and help to grow the whole team's technical capability
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
5+ years of experience in database, storage, and/or distributed system development
Experience with TiKV or similar distributed key-value stores (e.g., RocksDB, etc.) is highly desirable
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
A passion for learning and staying updated on emerging technologies and industry trends
Preferred
Familiarity with cloud-native technologies(e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure infra) and container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) is a plus
Benefits
Health insurance
Flexible vacation time
Paid holidays
Parental leave
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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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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