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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

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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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