Job Description
Senior C++ Software Engineer sought to design, develop, and optimize new features for Percona Server for Mongo DB.
Key responsibilities include collaborating with a geographically distributed team, analyzing and enhancing Mongo DB's performance, participating in code reviews, and engaging with the broader Mongo DB open-source community.
Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, minimum 5+ years of experience in C++ development and object-oriented design, strong understanding of No SQL databases and large-scale distributed systems, and experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools.
Preferred qualifications include deep and hands-on experience with memory management, multithreading, and system-level programming, contributions to Mongo DB or similar open-source projects, and experience in Linux systems administration.
Percona is a highly respected thought leader in the global open-source community, providing services and software for various databases.
Benefits include a collaborative culture, flexible work hours, paid time off, equipment for remote work, career development funds, and an equity incentive plan.
Percona is a remote-only company with colleagues in over 50 countries.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with a geographically distributed team to design and implement new features that extend PSMDB's core functionality.
- Analyze and enhance Mongo DB's performance by working with storage engines, developing optimizations for high-throughput environments, and debugging performance bottlenecks.
- Participate in code reviews to ensure high-quality software.
- Engage with the broader Mongo DB open-source community by submitting and reviewing pull requests and addressing issues the community raises.
- Work closely with product managers, QA teams, and community contributors to shape PSMDB's roadmap and prioritize features that bring the most outstanding value.
- Build robust and resilient database solutions focusing on ensuring data integrity, fault tolerance, and high availability across distributed systems.
- Contribute to upstream projects we leverage to bring our solutions to the community.
- Serve as a mentor to junior developers, guiding best practices in software design, coding, testing, and debugging, particularly in large-scale distributed database systems.
- Blog, present, and evangelize our software to help increase adoption and keep our thriving community growing.
- Engage with other departments in Percona to ensure we're delivering value-driven solutions.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in C++ development and object-oriented design.
- Strong understanding of No SQL databases and large-scale distributed systems, preferably Mongo DB.
- Strong knowledge of compression and encryption algorithms and techniques.
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools such as Jenkins, Circle CI, and Travis.
- Experience with high concurrency threading models, atomics, and locking primitives.
- Knowledge of various programming and scripting languages such as BASH, Perl, and Python.
- Working with tools like profiler, gdb, and strace for debugging.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep and hands-on experience with memory management, multithreading, and system-level programming.
- Contributions to Mongo DB or similar open-source projects that demonstrate your expertise and community engagement.
- Experience in Linux systems administration, including suitable expertise with file systems, hardware, and networking.
About Percona:
Percona is a highly respected thought leader in the global open-source community, providing services and software for various databases.
We are a remote-only company with colleagues in over 50 countries.
Benefits:
- Collaborative culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard.
- Flexible work hours and paid time off.
- All equipment for your remote office.
- Funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences).
- Opportunity to participate in an equity incentive plan.