# Staff Engineer Distributed Storage and Transaction at Yugabyte

- Company: Yugabyte
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://yugabyte.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Sunnyvale, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-02-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/yugabyte/jobs/4651496006
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/yugabyte-staff-engineer-distributed-storage-and-transaction/

## 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

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