Software Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Contribute to the core functionality of the e6data compute engine using Rust, prioritizing query performance as our primary objective.

• Enhance the capabilities of the existing engine and optimize query performance.

• Join the core team responsible for scoping, designing, architecting, and developing comprehensive features.

• Produce clean, well-documented, and maintainable code that adheres to established coding standards and best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong programming skills evidenced by one or more passion projects you have completed.

• A solid understanding of what constitutes performant code.

• Proven expertise in data structures and algorithms.

• Experience delivering a complex programming project, ideally involving distributed system design.

• Proficiency in Rust or a comparable language is essential, along with a strong grasp of programming fundamentals.

• Willingness to participate in three technical interviews/discussions regarding previous work and to solve coding challenges.

• Some relevant experience in performance and systems-related topics is anticipated.

• Familiarity with data structures, particularly Hashmaps—understanding chaining vs probing.

• Ability to differentiate between synchronous and asynchronous programming.

• Knowledge of how garbage collection functions in virtual machine languages.

• Understanding of the hardware cache hierarchy.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation, ranking in the top 90 percentile.

• An engineering-focused, hybrid workplace culture.

• Engaging work that addresses some of the most intricate challenges in distributed systems engineering and database internals.