Percona is looking for a flexible and efficient Senior C/C++ Software Engineer to join its Open Source Software Development team. You will work on the Percona Server for MySQL, Percona XtraBackup, Percona XtraDB Cluster and Oracle MySQL. You will work from your home office, using online tools and resources to contribute to a fast moving and high quality development environment for Percona and its customers. Travel approximately once per year for meetings. Access to a reliable high-speed internet connection is required. Flexible work hours. Laptop & Internet access are provided. What You Will Do: Design and implement new features and improvements Diagnose and fix defects in Percona Server for MySQL, Percona XtraBackup, Percona XtraDB Cluster and Oracle MySQL products Perform periodic source code merges from other open source repositories Contribute to upstream projects that we leverage to bring our own solutions to the community Develop test cases for continuous integration deployment Participate in code and design reviews Mentor and guide other team members in their own career development Blog, present and evangelize our software to help increase adoption and keep our thriving community growing Engage with other departments in Percona to ensure we’re delivering value driven solutions What Have You Done: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience Ability to speak, listen and write effectively in fluent English Minimum 3+ years of experience in C/C++ development and object oriented design Strong understanding of SQL databases, preferably MySQL Strong understanding of DBMS internal algorithms such as those used in query optimiser, B-tree indexing, multiversion concurrency control, ARIES crash recovery, and others Strong understanding of compression and encryption algorithms and techniques Experience with client/server or distributed network communication systems Experience with high concurrency threading models, atomics, and locking primitives Knowledge of various programming and scripting languages such as BASH, Perl, and Python Proficiency with tools like gdb and strace Proficiency with git, github, and source code management methodologies Knowledge of Open Source software concepts and community What Will Make You Stand Out: Knowledge of high-performance algorithms on modern multicore hardware Established history of driving performance enhancements 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 suitable expertise with file systems, hardware, and networking Success working in a distributed environment where e-mail, Slack, and voice calls are the only interactions with clients, colleagues, and managers on a daily basis Ability to work autonomously and mostly asynchronously with the rest of the team Why Percona? At Percona, we believe an open world is a better world. Our mission is to enable everyone to innovate freely, by providing the best open source database software, support, and services. We make databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open source software built with the community for you. Our technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB. Percona is proud to be a remote-only and globally dispersed workforce – we have colleagues in more than 50 countries! We offer a collaborative, highly-engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard. Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and various paid time off programs, all your equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences), ongoing connectivity allowances, and the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan. We also have benefits that support a healthy work/life balance such as The Percona Adventure Team, Work-from-Anywhere, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility. We also support being socially responsible through our PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology. If you love the idea of working with a high-growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and known globally as a leader in the open-source database space, let’s talk! Connect with us and stay up to date on our latest news and developments by following us on LinkedIn and Twitter. We look forward to connecting with you!
Percona is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer with deep expertise in Golang to join our open-source engineering team and help us continue building Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM). This is a senior individual contributor role for an engineer who thrives on solving challenging problems, is motivated by technical ownership, and is passionate about open-source innovation. You will be contributing to further enhancing and extending PMM, a free and open-source platform for monitoring the performance of open-source SQL/NoSQL-based databases, servers, and cloud instances. This is an amazing opportunity as we're entering a new chapter for PMM development. The objectives are ambitious, the work is challenging, but that's why it's also fun and rewarding! This is a remote role, allowing you to work from your home office while collaborating with a globally distributed team using modern online tools. You'll be part of a fast-paced, high-quality engineering environment focused on delivering value to Percona and its worldwide user base. Occasional traveltypically once per yearmay be expected for team meet-ups or company events. What You Will Do Develop scalable, high-volume, performant applications focused on simplicity and user delight Produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration Collaborate intensely with other engineers, designers, and product managers Participate in code and design reviews, teaching and learning from other engineers Identify and uphold engineering best practices Identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity Train, mentor and support other engineers Your Experience Ability to work as a team player as well as independently in a fully remote environment 5+ years of experience in Golang or similar programming languages with strong programming fundamentals (C++, OO) Experience with databases, preferably MongoDB, MySQL or PostgreSQL (not expert, scaling, large deployment, cluster. Not operating. Any DB, ideally our stack Comfortable with Linux (basic usage as a programmer) Experience with Docker and Kubernetes Experience designing, building, and documenting APIs Experience writing and maintaining unit tests Fluent in written and verbal English language skills What Will Make You Stand Out Experience in database monitoring and system observability in general Knowledge of other databases/data stores (Memcached, ClickHouse, Valkey/Redis) Experience in leveraging and integrating AI/ML capabilities into software products Experience with continuous deployment to cloud / virtualized environments (DevOps) Development experience on cloud computing platform (AWS, Azure or OpenShift) Experience with Prometheus or VictoriaMetrics Deep knowledge of security and encryption techniques for transmitting and storing sensitive data Open source development experience Why Percona At Percona, we believe an open world is a better world. Our mission is to enable everyone to innovate freely, by providing the best open source database software, support, and services. We make databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open source software built with the community for you. Our technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB. Percona is proud to be a remote-only and globally dispersed workforce we have colleagues in more than 50 countries! We offer a collaborative, highly-engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard. Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and various paid time off programs, all your equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences), ongoing connectivity allowances, and the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan. We also have benefits that support a healthy work/life balance such as The Percona Adventure Team, Work-from-Anywhere, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility. We also support being socially responsible through our PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology. If you love the idea of working with a high-growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and known globally as a leader in the open-source database space, let's talk! Connect with us and stay up to date on our latest news and developments by following us on LinkedIn and Twitter. We look forward to connecting with you!