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.

Benefit:

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity in a fast-growing enterprise startup
• Awesome, supportive coworkers with a good sense of humor
• Working with a globally distributed team of passionate (and compassionate) developers, hackers, and open-source fanatics
• Remote friendly
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Flexible paid time off
• Gym reimbursement
• Employee referral bonus program