Software Development Engineer, Data Replication Engine – C++, Databases

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, and sustain essential elements of the replication engine, spanning from capture to application.

• Collaborate with Db2, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Kafka, and Microsoft Fabric.

• Ensure replication is accurate, resilient, and efficient across both on-premises and cloud environments.

• Optimize data transfer regarding CPU, memory, I/O, and network performance.

• Partner with support, QA, and product teams to resolve intricate customer challenges.

• Deliver reliable and timely fixes and enhancements.

• Contribute to platform design choices, including internal APIs, data structures, and abstractions.

• Produce well-documented, testable code.

• Evaluate the code of teammates.

• Take ownership of work through to production within a small remote team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in SQL with a solid understanding of database internals, such as transaction logs, recovery, locking and isolation, query execution, or replication.

• Over 5 years of experience in building production systems-level or backend software in C++.

• Practical experience with ODBC or JDBC, covering connection lifecycle, statement execution, parameter and result-set management, and diagnostics.

• Strong grasp of multithreading and synchronization in C++, including locks, condition variables, and thread-safe data structures.

• Cross-platform C++ development experience for Windows using Visual Studio and MSBuild, and Linux using GCC, including debugging and profiling on both systems.

• Professional experience with AI coding assistants, demonstrating the ability to review and test generated code effectively.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to thrive in a fully remote, distributed team environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience with IBM Db2, particularly journaling on Db2 for i.

• Hands-on experience in data replication, change data capture, ETL tools, or log-based data movement.

• Practical experience with JDBC drivers and performance tuning across various relational databases.

• Integration experience with Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Microsoft Fabric.

• Working proficiency in Java.

• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, and SSL/TLS.

• Experience troubleshooting connectivity and performance issues in hybrid environments.

• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD methodologies.

• Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Stelo will supply all required computer equipment.

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.

• Employee benefits.

• Retirement matching.

• Medical insurance for you and your family.

• Monthly HSA contributions.

• Three weeks of paid vacation.

• Eleven Stelo holidays.

• Matching retirement contributions.

• Annual bonuses.

• Fully remote workplace.

• Emphasis on work/life balance and flexibility.