Software Engineer - Cloud Database

Your role and responsibilities
Were seeking talented software engineers passionate about distributed systems to join our team. If you thrive in designing and optimizing large-scale distributed systems, this role is an excellent fit.Youll work alongside our engineering teams to develop Astra, our cloud-native, serverless database built on Apache Cassandra®. Our products power mission-critical applications for major organizations worldwide, and your contributions will directly impact their reliability and performance.What you will do:- Design and implement new database features with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability, and testability.- Diagnose and resolve database issues- Optimize database performance, work on high availability, multitenancy and fault tolerance across multi-region cloud deployments.- Enhance monitoring and observability solutions to track database health, performance metrics, and resource utilization.- Stay ahead of emerging cloud database technologies and best practices to drive continuous innovation. Required education Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Master's Degree Required technical and professional expertise - 7+ years of relevant work experience- Experience in operating or implementing distributed systems, with an understanding of scalability and fault tolerance.- Knowledge of Java and the JVM ecosystem, including familiarity with widely used open-source libraries and frameworks. - Solid understanding of core algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and software design principles for building efficient and maintainable applications.- Practical experience working with databases. - Proficiency in Linux/Unix environmentsPreferred technical and professional experience - Ability to troubleshoot complex issues in high-availability, high-throughput, fault-tolerant systems is a plus.- Knowledge of cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, AWS/Azure/GCP) is a plus.- Contributions to open-source database projects (especially Cassandra ecosystem) is a plus.- Experience with database internals (storage engines, query processing, replication) is a plus.