We are looking for a talented and dynamic senior C++ software engineer to join our software development team. You will be crucial in designing, developing, and optimizing new features for our Percona Server for MongoDB (PSMDB).
You will also collaborate closely with the team building Percona Backup for MongoDB and other teams focused on enhancing the value of PSMDB. We have big ambitions for bringing innovative enterprise-grade functionality to the MongoDB community and are looking for the right person to bring energy and optimism to the team!
Time Zone Coverage: CEST
What You Will Do Collaborate with a geographically distributed team to design and implement new features that extend PSMDB's core functionality.
Analyze and enhance MongoDB's performance by working with storage engines (e.g., WiredTiger), developing optimizations for high-throughput environments, and debugging performance bottlenecks.
Participate in code reviews to ensure high-quality software. Engage with the broader MongoDB open-source community by submitting and reviewing pull requests (PRs) 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.
What You Have Done 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 NoSQL databases and large-scale distributed systems, preferably MongoDB.
Strong knowledge of compression and encryption algorithms and techniques.
Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, 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.
What Will Make You Stand Out Deep and hands-on experience with memory management, multithreading, and system-level programming.
Contributions to MongoDB 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.
Percona is a highly respected thought leader in the global open-source community. Our mission is to Keep Open Source Open. We provide services and software for MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB. Percona is remote-only and globally dispersed – we have colleagues in more than 50 countries! We offer a collaborative, highly-engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard.
Our staff receives generous benefits, including flexible work hours and paid time off, all your equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences) and the opportunity to participate in an equity incentive plan.
If you love the idea of working with a high-growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and known globally as a go-to in the open-source database space, let's talk!
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