Yugabyte

Yugabyte

Staff Engineer SQL Engine

Sunnyvale, CA · Staff+

Work authorization required$150k-$250kDetected 77 days ago
C++Distributed SystemsSQLPostgreSQLSystems EngineeringShopifyLeadershipProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • As a Staff Engineer on the Languages & Relational Technologies (LRT) team, you will help design, build, and scale core database features that power YugabyteDB's SQL layer.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, testing, and release of new database features and enhancements in YugabyteDB.
  • Identify and implement performance improvements - including plan optimization, batching/parallelism, and advanced push-downs to data nodes.
  • You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to solve complex problems affecting distributed query planning, execution, and performance, ensuring YugabyteDB remains robust, reliable, and performance at scale.
  • Experience building large-scale distributed systems and transactional engines.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong foundation in compiled languages such as C/C++.
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science (or related field), or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to operate effectively in a collaborative, distributed team environment
  • Familiarity with PostgreSQL internals or other relational database engines.

Nice to have

  • Experience with database internals, compilers, or query planning/optimization is a strong plus.
  • Preferred Skills

Skills

  • Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps.
  • Staff Engineer - Languages & Relational Technologies (LRT)
  • Languages & Relational Technologies (LRT)

Compensation

  • We feel strongly about equal pay for equal work, and transparency in compensation is one way to help achieve that.

Equal opportunity

  • As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce.
  • Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws.
  • Due to the Proclamation, "Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers", which went into effect on September 21, 2025, at this time we are no longer able to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions filed after September 21, 2025 for new hires.
  • We are still able to consider candidates who require H-1B extensions, changes of employer, or other types of work authorization.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Due to the Proclamation, "Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers", which went into effect on September 21, 2025, at this time we are no longer able to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions filed after September 21, 2025 for new hires.
  • We are still able to consider candidates who require H-1B extensions, changes of employer, or other types of work authorization.
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