Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company Name: VAST Data

Job Url: https://builtin.com/job/senior-software-engineer/8965594

Job Description: 
VAST Data
Senior Software Engineer
Job Posted 2 Days Ago Posted 2 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote or Hybrid
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Software
The Role
Design and develop core database components, optimize performance, build the query engine, and ensure data reliability for high-performance database systems.
Summary Generated by Built In
Description
VAST Data is looking for a Core Database Developer (Database Internals) to join our growing team!

This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, an organization at the center of the revolution in artificial intelligence, which is creating a hurricane of change.

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer to design, build, and optimize the core engine of our high-performance database system. This is a deep, systems-level role focused on the internal workings of a database. You will be responsible for creating the fundamental components that store, retrieve, and process data efficiently.

Requirements
Key Responsibilities

Design & Develop Database Components: Implement and enhance core database features, including the storage engine, query execution engine, and transaction manager.
Optimize Performance: Work on low-level data structures (like B-Trees or LSM-Trees), concurrency control mechanisms (MVCC), and query optimization algorithms to improve speed and efficiency.
Build the Query Engine: Develop the system that parses, plans, and executes user queries against our data structures.
Ensure Reliability: Implement mechanisms for data recovery, consistency, and durability.
Qualifications

Strong experience in systems programming, preferably C/C++
Deep understanding of database internals (e.g., query planners, storage engines, transaction processing).
Expertise in fundamental computer science concepts like data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
Proven experience building or contributing to complex, high-performance systems such as databases, file systems, or distributed data platforms.
Note: Experience limited to writing SQL queries or database administration is not a fit for this position. We are seeking engineers with experience in the core engineering of a database system.
Top Skills
C
C++
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Expertise in computer science concepts like data structures, algorithms, and operating systems
Proven experience in building complex, high-performance systems
Strong experience in systems programming, preferably C/C++
Deep understanding of database internals
Not just experience in writing SQL queries or database administration
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The Company
Brooklyn, NY
848 Employees
Year Founded: 2016
What We Do

Meet the data platform company for the AI era.

Accelerating time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, the VAST Data Platform delivers scalable performance, radically simple data management and enhanced productivity for the AI-powered world. Launched in 2019, VAST is the fastest-selling data infrastructure startup in history.

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