Senior Software Engineer - MySQL (Remote)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not specified

Percona is seeking a Senior C/C++ Software Engineer to join its Open Source Software Development team. You will contribute to the development of Percona Server for MySQL, Percona XtraBackup, Percona XtraDB Cluster, and Oracle MySQL. This role offers a flexible work environment from your home office, utilizing online tools and resources within a fast-paced, high-quality development environment. Approximately one annual travel requirement for meetings. Requires a reliable high-speed internet connection. Flexible work hours are provided, along with a laptop and internet access.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: Minimum 5+ years of experience in C/C++ development and object-oriented design.
• SQL Database Knowledge: Strong understanding of SQL databases, preferably MySQL.
• DBMS Knowledge: Strong understanding of DBMS internal algorithms (query optimiser, B-tree indexing, multiversion concurrency control, ARIES crash recovery, etc.).
• Compression/Encryption: Knowledge of compression and encryption algorithms and techniques.
• Networking: Experience with client/server or distributed network communication systems.
• Concurrency: Proficiency with high concurrency threading models, atomics, and locking primitives.
• Programming Languages: Knowledge of various programming and scripting languages such as BASH, Perl, and Python.
• Debugging Tools: Proficiency with tools like gdb and strace.
• Version Control: Proficiency with git, github, and source code management methodologies.
• Open Source: Knowledge of Open Source software concepts and community.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features and improvements for Percona Server for MySQL, Percona XtraBackup, Percona XtraDB Cluster, and Oracle MySQL products.
• Diagnose and fix defects in the aforementioned products.
• Perform periodic source code merges from other open-source repositories.
• Contribute to upstream projects leveraged by Percona.
• Develop test cases for continuous integration deployment.
• Participate in code and design reviews.
• Mentor and guide other team members in their career development.
• Blog, present, and evangelize Percona’s software to promote adoption and grow the community.
• Engage with other departments within Percona to ensure value-driven solutions.

What Will Make You Stand Out?

• Experience with high-performance algorithms on modern multicore hardware.
• Proven experience in implementing features in Databases.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, and Travis.
• Experience with issue tracking, communication, and information sharing tools such as JIRA, G-Suite, Slack.
• Experience/familiarity with various Linux distribution packaging systems.
• Experience with virtualization and containment tools such as OpenVZ, VirtualBox, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Experience in Linux systems administration, including file systems, and HA.