Database Engineer
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Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Tue, Nov 03, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days
Job Summary
To advance the frontier of search, the full-time Database Engineer will design and implement improvements across search engine layers, perform intensive performance optimizations, and evolve search primitives while working remotely.
Key responsibilities
- Design and implement enhancements for storage, indexing, and querying in the search engine
- Conduct performance hacking, including tracing, profiling, and optimizing data structures
- Collaborate with customers to integrate feedback and improve the product based on their workloads
Required qualifications
- Extensive experience in a systems programming language such as Rust, C++, Java, or Go
- Expertise in search internals, storage engines, or distributed systems
- Proficiency in Linux environments and tools like eBPF, strace, and gdb
- Strong writing skills to clearly explain complex ideas
- A collaborative mindset with a focus on building trust and admitting knowledge gaps
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