The distributed PostgreSQL database for agents and AI-native workloads. Start serverless and grow to mission-critical. Never re-platform. Backed by Lightspeed and Sapphire.
About the role
As a Staff Engineer on the Distributed Storage & Transactions (DST) team , you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the core distributed storage, replication, and transaction foundations of YugabyteDB.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience , with a strong foundation in systems programming using C/C++
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science (or related field), or equivalent practical experience
- Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals , including:
- Replication and consensus
- Transactions and consistency models
- Fault tolerance and recovery
More about this role
Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB , the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.
Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.
Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.
As a Staff Engineer on the Distributed Storage & Transactions (DST) team , you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the core distributed storage, replication, and transaction foundations of YugabyteDB.
You will work on some of the most challenging problems in distributed systems — including consistency, durability, fault tolerance, performance, and scalability — while collaborating closely with query layer, platform, and cloud teams. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in...
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