# Software Engineer, Database Reliability & Performance at InfluxData

- Company: InfluxData
- What the company does: Backed by Battery, Norwest and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.influxdata.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote US
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $100K to $168K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/influxdata/c2b30d69-ba41-427a-b789-e811f566e177
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/influxdata-software-engineer-database-reliability-and-performance/

## About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled individual contributor (IC) with background knowledge on Database and QA to join the Database Performance and Reliability Team. In this role, you will be working closely on the InfluxDB Enterprise 3 product and be instrumental in ensuring the reliability, correctness, stability and high performance of our core database platform across complex data models and workloads.

## What they're looking for

- Coding Proficiency: Deep hands-on experience developing using Rust (highly preferred) or a desire to learn Rust with system experience in [C++
- Golang]
- Strong QA and Testing Experience: Proven track record in performance, regression, and reliability validation frameworks. Ability to confidently establish repeatable baselines for distributed data systems
- Solid understanding of CS fundamentals with minimum Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of work experience
- Comfort using modern AI assistants and tools (e.g., Claude) for quick troubleshooting, on-the-fly utility generation, and analyzing logs and pattern anomalies at scale
- Competency working with containerized environments and orchestration frameworks like Docker and Kubernetes, alongside modern CI utilities such as CircleCI
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively work asynchronously

Tags: Engineering