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Principal Software Engineer – Optimizer
TIDB
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
Tech Stack
Distributed SystemsGoJavaLinuxRustSQLUnix
About the role
- As a Principal Engineer on the TiDB Optimizer team, you will be a key technical leader responsible for the architectural vision and execution of our query optimization engine.
- Your work will directly impact the performance, reliability, and predictability of one of the most critical components of the TiDB database.
- You will tackle deep and complex challenges in query planning, cost-based optimization, and adaptive processing to ensure TiDB remains a world-class distributed SQL database for our global users.
- This is a high-impact role that offers the opportunity to shape the future of data infrastructure for thousands of companies.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software development with a proven track record of designing, building, and shipping complex database systems or data-intensive distributed systems.
- Extensive hands-on experience in the design and development of a database query optimizer (e.g., cost-based optimization, query rewrites, join ordering, cardinality estimation, statistics collection).
- Strong expertise in concurrency, multithreading, and synchronization primitives.
- Fluency in one or more of the following: C, C++, Go, Rust, or Java.
- Experience developing in Unix/Linux environments.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- Flexible paid time off
- Gym reimbursement
- Employee referral bonus program
- Awesome, supportive coworkers with a good sense of humor
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
database systemsquery optimizationcost-based optimizationquery rewritesjoin orderingcardinality estimationstatistics collectionconcurrencymultithreadingsynchronization primitives
Soft skills
technical leadershiparchitectural visionproblem-solvingimpact-driven
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