Member of Technical Staff (Storage)

Category-defining tech. Career-defining work. Lots of tech companies disrupt. But, many fail when they try to scale. We're different. CockroachDB makes it easier for companies to build and scale apps. This is how and why we're helping some of the most innovative companies on the planet. We tackle problems head-on and focus on solutions that create lasting impact. Because when our customers win, we all win. The Role We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our Storage team. Storage is the team responsible for Pebble , CockroachDB’s storage engine. Storage is the bedrock of our database product, and is responsible for the safe, durable and efficient persistence and retrieval of data, on top of which the rest of the database is built. Our team develops and maintains Pebble, an innovative Log Structured Merge (LSM) Tree storage engine, purpose built for Multi Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) data. Additionally, our team develops higher layer storage features for integration with CockroachDB, such as MVCC APIs for mutation and iteration, and the Enterprise Encryption At Rest (EAR) feature in CockroachDB. The team also has a hand in the development, operation and troubleshooting of our Cockroach Cloud product, as it relates to the various storage offerings of the cloud providers on top of which Cockroach Cloud runs. You Will Contribute to the growth of CockroachDB through bringing your expertise and commitment to excellence to help build a database that makes data easy for everyone. Develop in Go, but if you don't know it, you'll learn while you're here. Improve the performance of CockroachDB. Work closely with other engineers and product managers across both the cloud and database teams. Work in an environment in which access to state-of-the-art AI-assisted planning and development is provided. Take part in a collaborative culture and exchange knowledge with a highly experienced technical organization. Ensure that CockroachDB remains scalable, survivable, and consistent as we continue to grow as a company. The Expectations In your first 30 days, you will become an integrated member of our engineering team. You’ll spend time learning about the Storage team’s domain, processes and people, as well as learning about CockroachDB and CockroachDB Cloud. We believe that it's essential for you to take this first month to become familiar with our technology and our company. After 3 months, you will be fully integrated into the team and comfortable contributing to the Storage team’s execution in partnership with Product and Design. You’ll have built an understanding of the Storage team’s tech stack and feel comfortable with the architecture and components the team develops and maintains. You’ll understand the team’s priorities and roadmap. After 6 months, you’ll be fully integrated into the Storage team and have a deep understanding of the tech stack and other areas of the Engineering organization. You Have Experience working on complex technical products and have exposure to distributed systems, concurrency control, file systems, data replication, or memory management. Comfort using programming languages like Go, C/C++, Java, and Python. We use Go, but if you don't know it, you'll learn while you're here. A solid product architecture knowledge and grasp how a variety of team interactions’ may impact it. Experience (or strong interest) in adopting AI-centric development workflows. 3+ years of relevant experience is ideal. A BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Bonus: Experience with storage systems (e.g., preferably Log-Structured Merge Trees, Pebble, etc.) Bonus: Experience building, running and debugging large-scale distributed systems in production. Bonus: you want to play an active role in how we use AI to reduce toil and build high-quality software. The Team Reporting to Andy Xu - Manager, Engineering Andy leads the Storage team within the Database Platform organization, where he oversees the development of