Staff Engineer, Distributed Storage and Transactions
- Remote, United States
- Senior
- Posted 3 weeks ago
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Staff Engineer, Distributed Storage and Transactions is a senior remote role in the United States at a distributed database company.
About the role
Ownership covers the core storage engine, replication and transaction layers, from design through delivery and open-source contribution. Work centres on correctness, durability and throughput as clusters and data volumes grow.
At a glance
- Pay
- Not stated in the posting
- Remote scope
- Remote, United States
- Seniority
- Senior
- Skills
- Replication, Consensus, LSM-tree
- Posted
- 12 Oct 2026
- Last checked
- 1 Nov 2026
What you will do
- Write C/C++ with thorough automated tests and take part in design talks and reviews
- Fix correctness, stability and performance bugs in storage and transaction subsystems
- Raise scalability and throughput as clusters, data volumes and transaction rates grow
- Build management operations: scale-out, backups, online schema changes, rolling upgrades
What they look for
- 8+ years of professional software engineering, strong in C/C++ systems programming
- Degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Background in storage engines, databases or other infrastructure-level systems
- Collaborative problem solver who works well in a distributed team
Nice to have
- Hands-on work with LSM-tree engines, WALs, snapshots or compaction
- Prior open-source contributions to database or systems projects
How Keywordise applies for you
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What does this job pay?
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What experience is needed?
It is a senior role. The posting asks for: 8+ years of professional software engineering, strong in C/C++ systems programming; degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; background in storage engines, databases or other infrastructure-level systems. Skills it names include Replication, Consensus, LSM-tree.
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