Senior Software Engineer, Database

November 8, 2026

Remote

Senior

Milano, Italy

Indeed

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Includes on-call duty

Description

The company is building the next generation of a high-performance time series database with columnar storage, a DataFusion-based query engine, and data transformation pipelines. The system is distributed, cloud-native, highly available, and scalable. The senior engineer will design new features, debug production issues, and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability together with the platform team.

Responsibilities

Design and implement new features for the next-generation time series database, including Import/Export, Data Transformation Pipelines, and WebUI integration
Debug and fix issues such as performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, and other production issues
Work with the platform team on monitoring, alerting, and observability improvements
Be part of a production on-call rotation, triaging and debugging issues as they arise

Requirements

8+ years of professional software experience
Deep knowledge of at least one of Rust, C++, or Go (Rust preferred)
Experience building high-throughput, low-latency systems in a distributed environment
Experience with high-availability, fault-tolerant systems
Proficiency working closely with product managers, sales, and support to translate customer needs into technical requirements
Ability to critique, validate, and refine AI-generated output in day-to-day workflows
It's a plus: experience with Python, the language for Processing Engine plugins
It's a plus: experience with WebAssembly for embedding the frontend in the database
It's a plus: knowledge of consensus protocols and distributed databases

Conditions

Full-time employment
Remote-first work with a globally distributed workforce
High degree of autonomy with fast-moving requirements
Interviews conducted remotely via Zoom, with a possible in-person meeting at the final stage