Distributed Computing & Database Internals Specialist

As a Software Engineer specializing in Distributed Computing & Database Internals at Zettabolt, you will be working on engineering high-performance databases and distributed systems that drive large-scale applications. Your role will involve deep-diving into execution engines, query optimizations, and database internals, while understanding their interactions at scale. **Key Responsibilities:** - Work at the source code level of distributed computing frameworks to optimize query execution, indexing, storage engines, and concurrency mechanisms. - Improve execution efficiency, optimize computation overhead, and fine-tune scheduling and resource management in distributed environments. - Enhance query processing engines, execution planners, and cost-based optimizers. - Identify bottlenecks across compute, network, and storage layers to improve overall system efficiency. - Architect and optimize end-to-end distributed systems, ensuring smooth integration of components like databases, caching layers, compute nodes, and messaging queues. - Work closely with customers to align technical solutions with their business needs, ensuring performance optimizations translate to tangible cost and efficiency benefits. **Qualifications Required:** - 2+ years of coding experience in Python, Java, C++, or similar languages. - Strong understanding of database internals, query execution, indexing, transaction processing, and storage engines. - Experience in system-level debugging and identifying performance bottlenecks across compute, memory, storage, and network layers. - Strong knowledge of Data Structures & Algorithms. - Hands-on experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases and Linux systems. **Bonus Points (Good to Have):** - Experience modifying or extending open-source distributed systems like Apache Spark, Hadoop, Presto. - Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud. - Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes. At Zettabolt, you can enjoy benefits such as Health & Life Insurance, Flexible Working Hours, in-office Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks, Biannual Team Retreats, Reimbursement for Books & Training, and Continuous Learning Sessions covering various topics. Founded by industry veterans, Zettabolt is a leading name in Big Data, Cloud Operations, and High-Performance Computing. The company focuses on engineering large-scale distributed systems that power business-critical applications, offering opportunities to work on deep optimizations in database internals and high-level system debugging.,