Principal Engineer, Database Engine

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Requirements:

• At least seven years of experience developing and debugging in system level C/C++, particularly on Linux
• Background in database internals or building core components for large scale data processing systems (i.e. Hadoop, Spark) especially query execution/processing, and/or optimization.
• Experience with storage formats (i.e. Parquet, ORC, avro, iceberg), encodings and/or indexing structures.
• Experience with cloud technologies and building cloud-native Saas is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Leads technical decisions and provides strong technical leadership for large, release-defining projects
• Solves complex, mission critical problems with an approach that lasts
• Effectively communicates complex technical issues and decisions and their impact on business value to audiences both inside and outside the company
• Mentor and train other team members on design techniques, coding standards, and empowers engineers to achieve a higher level of performance.
• Actively participate in customer POCs to optimize customer experience and adoption.
• Work collaboratively with multiple departments such as Sales, Marketing, G&A.