Senior Software Engineer - Database

Job Description

Ditto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Database to help build the future of cloud database technology. This role involves building a custom, scalable, high-performance distributed system. The engineer will work on new features and optimize existing infrastructure to ensure reliability and performance at scale. The position offers the opportunity to work with a remote team and tackle interesting problems.Role involves:

• Designing, building, and maintaining highly available and performant distributed systems.
• Developing, optimizing, and maintaining infrastructure that supports Ditto’s peer-to-peer technology.
• Designing and maintaining high-performance, consistent caches and proxies.
• Ensuring data consistency and system performance by implementing correctness and load tests.
• Collaborating with the SRE team to monitor, debug, and optimize distributed systems.
• Writing technical documentation and contributing to system architecture designs.
• Driving performance tuning efforts.
• Participating in on-call rotations.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in software engineering focusing on distributed systems.
• Experience with low-level programming languages like Rust and/or modern C/C++.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization techniques.
• Excellent communication skills, especially in asynchronous collaboration.
• Experience with on-call rotations and incident response tools and procedures.
• Ability to work effectively in a globally distributed team.

Role offers:

• Competitive salaries
• Stock options
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Flexible vacation policy
• 401(k) plan