Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Storage & Backup Restore

PingCAP is a world-leading, one-stop, real-time HTAP database solution provider. Our mission is to build a database of the future, made by developers for developers. PingCAP’s primary product, TiDB, is trusted by industry leaders and adopted by over 1,500 companies across multiple market verticals. 

Our strong open-source community roots (36,000 stars on GitHub), innovative products, and inclusive culture draw passionate and dedicated people to our company. Join us as we scale our business and replicate our success around the world. 

What you will get to do:

• Develop the next-generation Cloud-Native Database(TiDB) storage layer (e.g. TiKV) that is extremely scalable (e.g. PB level), optimized for the cloud environment and easy for backup and restore;
• Design and develop reliable, scalable and efficient data backup and restore pipeline, including fast PiTR (Point in-time Recovery) ability upon massive dataset;
• Analyze and improve TiDB's performance, stability, and scalability in the cloud environment;
• Troubleshoot and resolve customers' critical issues such as performance, stability, or scalability;
• Influence and lead the team with expertise and engineering excellence;
• Built and improve engineering practice for DBAAS infrastructure;
• Mentor junior engineers and help to grow the whole team's technical capability.

We are looking for:

• Five (5) years of experience in software development/system development or related;
• Three (3) years of experience in database, storage, and/or distributed system development;
• Experience with cloud technologies, such as AWS, GCP, and/or Azure;
• Experience with container orchestration technology, e.g. Kubernetes.

We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. Come advance with us! In keeping with our values, no employee or applicant will face discrimination/harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. PingCAP also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our organization. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at PIngCAP.