Principal Software Engineer, Launchpad

The Launch Pad team keeps SingleStore at the forefront of innovation in data and analytics. We transform creative ideas into solutions, accelerate the delivery of critical capabilities through partnerships and represent SingleStore as an active participant in the data ecosystem.

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Launch Pad team, you share some of the following attributes with your teammates:

• You are imagining the future of databases and you are writing the code that turns imagination into reality. 
• You are extremely passionate about databases and distributed systems and curious about extending them towards general purpose computing. 
• You love low-level systems engineering and cloud-native SaaS applications, and you get fired up about improving the developer experience and the usability of the database. 
• You like working on closed-source and on open-source projects.
• You are eager to share your knowledge and work internally and with the world through blogs, presentations, talks, social media, etc. 
• You have a growth mindset and you want to level up. Learning a new programming language to do the job is fun.

If these attributes describe you—or part of you—check out some of the recent Launch Pad projects on Github. Extending the SingleStoreDB engine with a WebAssembly (Wasm) runtime and building out the Wasm developer toolkit is one example of the type of things we do. Building an amazing Python database interface that is also extremely fast is another example.

Responsibilities: 

• Write code
• Lead innovation projects across all stages; from research, ideation, incubation, to production
• Design and develop new systems to enhance data and analytics performance with high throughput and low latency in distributed systems.
• Work hand in hand with the Engineering team to build software in a rapid production environment
• Own complex features from specification to production, as assigned
• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Contribute to open source projects in support of Launch Pad initiatives
• Provide internal and external technical leadership
• Be a champion of innovation culture

Skills and experience: 

• At least four years of experience developing and debugging in systems level C, C++, or Rust, particularly on Linux. 
• At least two years of experience either working directly on a database engine or developing applications that make heavy use of one or more databases.
• B.S. degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a similar field.

Bonus: Have had experience with distributed systems, multi-threaded server or database internals and/or WebAssembly (Wasm).

Benefits

• Company Wide
  • Technology Stipend for New Employees 
  • Monthly Cell Phone and Internet Stipend
  • Health and Wellness benefit 
  • Monthly Grubhub credit
  • Company and team events 
  • Flexible time off 
  • Volunteer time off
  • Stock Options 

Other

• Employment Status: Full Time
• Work Authorization: Eligibility to work for a US based employer. US based employees, SingleStore is able to facilitate the transfer and sponsorship of visas.
• Location/Working classification: Remote or Hybrid
• In office requirement: Employees working from an office must provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 (see below)

SingleStore delivers the cloud-native database with the speed and scale to power the world’s data-intensive applications. With a distributed SQL database that introduces simplicity to your data architecture by unifying transactions and analytics, SingleStore empowers digital leaders to deliver exceptional, real-time data experiences to their customers. SingleStore is venture-backed and headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Sunnyvale, Raleigh, Seattle, Boston, London, Lisbon, Bangalore, Dublin and Kyiv. 

Consistent with our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we value individuals with the ability to work on diverse teams and with a diverse range of people.

Please note that SingleStore’s COVID-19 vaccination policy requires that team members in the United States be fully vaccinated, including a booster shot with one of the United States FDA-approved vaccine options to meet in person for SingleStore business or to work from one of our U.S. office locations. [It is expected that this will be a requirement for this role]. If an exemption and/or accommodation to our vaccination policy is requested, a member of the Human Resources department will be available to begin the interactive accommodation process. 

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