SingleStore engineers build the real-time data platform powering some of the world’s most demanding applications. Our cloud-native architecture enables high-performance transactional and analytical workloads at scale, and our teams ship production code continuously throughout the year.

We operate in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment where engineers own their work end-to-end and partner closely across Product, Sales, and Go-To-Market teams to deliver meaningful business impact.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Engineering team and play a critical role in designing and delivering core capabilities for SingleStore’s. This is a senior technical role with end-to-end ownership of large, release-defining projects at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and database technology.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will set technical direction, solve complex system-level problems, and act as a force multiplier across the organization. You will work closely with Product and customer-facing teams to ensure our platform meets the needs of both long-standing enterprise customers and new adopters.

This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on deep technical challenges, takes pride in building durable systems, and enjoys mentoring others while remaining hands-on.

Note: This role is open across multiple levels. Final leveling (Senior, Staff, or Principal) will be determined based on experience, scope of impact, and demonstrated technical leadership throughout the interview process.

Role and Responsibilities

• Build observable microservice-oriented applications that empower our engineers to build and test our applications in a multi-cloud environment
• Design and implement novel technical solutions that raise engineering productivity throughout the company
• Relentlessly improve upon CI/CD throughput, debugging/triage operations, and workload execution runtimes for a global engineering workforce
• Work within a highly performing team to create the most productive development culture that the world has ever seen

Required Skills and Experience

• 3+ Years of experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Python, C/C++, JavaScript, or Go.
• Strong levels of empathy to your fellow developer and a desire to build something great
• Passion for Quality Engineering and software testing efficiency
• Comprehension of GitOps and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Experience with databases, in particular SQL based ones.
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes based applications running in the public cloud or in on premises data centers (you’ll have both available to you)
• Deep interest and experience working on distributed systems, databases, networking, storage, and multi-tenant services, and Unix/Linux environments.
• B.S. degree in Computer Science or a similar field or equivalent working experience

About SingleStore

SingleStore delivers our 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.

To all recruitment agencies: SingleStore does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to SingleStore employees. SingleStore is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.

SingleStore values individuals for their unique skills and experiences, and we’re proud to offer roles in a variety of locations across the United States. Salary is based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location, and is just one part of our total compensation and benefits package. Certain roles are also eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases and annual bonuses. 

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