Senior Software Engineer, Systems
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Job Location:
Mountain View, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Aerospike is thereal-time databaseformission-critical use cases and workloads includingmachine learning generative and agentic powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.
Global leaders includingAdobe Airtel Barclays Criteo DBS Bank Experian Grab HDFC Bank PayPal Sony Interactive Entertainment The Trade Desk and Wayfairrely on Aerospike forcustomer 360 fraud detection real-time biddingprofile stores recommendation enginesand other use cases.
At Aerospike we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the worlds real-time data with a database built for infinite scale speed and sustainability.
If youre ready to shape the future of data join us.
Senior Software Engineer Systems
As a Senior Systems Engineer at Aerospike you will play a pivotal role in advancing our high-performance low-latency platform by developing core systems software with a strong emphasis on performance reliability and efficiency. Experience with kernel modules or filesystems is a plus though not a core focus of this role. You will collaborate with project managers performance engineers and quality engineers to align development with business needs and ensure quality.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement systems-level software especially in areas related to networking low-level I/O and hardware interfaces.
- Develop high-performance low-latency code for interacting with storage and network hardware.
- Debug and optimize OS-level issues across Linux-based environments.
- Ensure system quality through rigorous testing and benchmarking.
- Work with storage hardware to optimize performance.
- Participate in pair programming to improve code quality and knowledge sharing.
Minimum Qualifications
- Fluent in C with deep understanding of low-level programming and memory management.
- Strong understanding of OS internals threading concurrency memory management and I/O subsystems.
- 5 years of experience in systems-level software development such as networking kernel drivers RTOS embedded or firmware.
- Experience shipping and deploying performance-critical systems in production environments.
- Proficiency in at least one other language: C# Go Java Python Rust etc.
- Self-motivated problem solver you know when to execute when to ask for help and how to drive projects to completion.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with large distributed systems software internals such as Lustre or Ceph.
- Experience with pair programming or technical collaboration.
- Knowledge of the CAP theorem and/or distributed consensus protocols (Paxos Raft etc.).
- Familiarity with low-level performance optimization techniques for high-throughput data processing.
- Knowledge of ACID consistency models database internals and indexing techniques.
- Experience with filesystems or Linux kernel development or tuning.
- Familiarity with PCIe NVMe DMA RDMA epoll iouring or other low-level interfaces.
Join us at Aerospike and be part of a dynamic team that is shaping the future of data management. Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $170000 - $195000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience location and other factors permitted by law
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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About Company
Aerospike is the real-time database for AI, trusted in the world's most demanding environments. Consistent, available, and cost-efficient at any scale.
