Software Engineer - Database

va or other C-lineage languages (Scala, Kotlin, C#, C++, Rust, etc). A gut passion for quality, elegance, performance and simplicity in solutions and code is critical in this role. If you're comfortable in navigating multi-threaded, large distributed systems at scale this will be a great fit. This role is part of the engineering teams that develop our database products, Astra (our multi-cloud database-as-a-service), and DSE/HCD which are all based on Apache Cassandra. Our products are used by many major organizations across the world!

What you will do:

• Develop new features, enhancements, and bug-fixes on our highly scalable, multi-tenant, database products.

• Collaborate extensively with internal teams across DataStax to coordinate releases, support existing customers through defect fixes and improvements, and review/advise on documentation for the project.

• Potentially contribute to Cassandra NoSQL database management system, which handles large sets of data.

• Model solid engineering practices around architectural design, testability, scalability and maintainability.

• Work full-time, discussing things with peers over Slack, email, or video chat

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Minimum of 4-6 years of relevant industry experience in Software Engineering

• Substantial experience programming distributed and high throughput applications

• A deep knowledge of Java and JVM ecosystem of open source libraries and projects

• Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures and softwaredesign

• Strong coding skills with Java, Python, C/C++

• Comfortable handing problems related to concurrency and distributed computing

• Familiarity with bug tracking tools, version control tools, build automation tools and test automation tools.

• Experience in SDLC having contributed at each step: Plan, Track, Code, Build, Test, Deploy and Monitor.

• Experience with concurrency, memory management and I/O

• Experience with Linux or other Unix-like systems

• An open-minded and collaborative attitude

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with database internals (preferably NoSQL) preferred

• Experience with at least one major public cloud providers preferred

• Experience with Kubernetes preferred

• Experience with Apache Cassandra is a plus.

• Experience with cloud-scale Saas applications is a plus

• Prior experience contributing to open source projects is a plus

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• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

• Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

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This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

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