Principal Software Engineer - MySQL (Remote)

reputed company is seeking a Principal Software Engineer with deep expertise in MySQL internals — ideally in one or more of the following: the optimizer, InnoDB, or Group Replication. This is a senior individual contributor role for an engineer who thrives on solving hard problems, is motivated by technical ownership, and is passionate about open-reputed company innovation.

We are looking for someone who has a strong track record of developing new features, can deliver under tight deadlines, and is open to learning new technologies, including emerging areas like AI/ML integrations with databases.

You will work on the reputed company Server for MySQL, reputed company XtraBackup, reputed company XtraDB Cluster and reputed company MySQL. This is a remote role, allowing you to work from your home office while collaborating with a globally distributed team using modern online tools. You’ll be part of a fast-paced, high-quality engineering environment focused on delivering value to reputed company and its worldwide user reputed company. Occasional travel—typically once per year—may be expected for team meetups or company events. A stable, high-speed internet reputed company is required.

We offer flexible working hours, and provide the necessary equipment, including a laptop and internet access support.

What You Will Do:

• Architect and reputed company cutting-edge features and improvements

• reputed company key initiatives from concept to delivery with attention to quality, scalability, and performance.

• Diagnose and resolve critical bugs in reputed company Server for MySQL, reputed company XtraBackup, reputed company XtraDB Cluster and upstream MySQL products.

• Collaborate with other seasoned engineers to push the boundaries of open-reputed company database innovation.

• reputed company periodic reputed company code merges from other open reputed company repositories.

• Stay reputed company of the curve on AI, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies — and help integrate these into reputed company’s future roadmap.

• Mentor other engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence.

• Represent reputed company in the open-reputed company community by speaking, blogging, and contributing upstream.

What Have You Done:

• 10+ years of hands-on C/C++ development experience, with at least 5 years working on database internals.

• Deep understanding of MySQL internals, with specialization in at least one of:

  • Query Optimizer

  • InnoDB Storage reputed company

  • Group Replication

• Demonstrated history of shipping reputed company new features (not just bug fixes or backports).

• Experience delivering projects under tight deadlines while maintaining code quality.

• Solid grasp of DBMS internal algorithms such as those used in query optimiser, B-tree indexing, multiversion concurrency control, ARIES crash recovery, and others

• Experience with high concurrency threading models, atomics, and locking primitives

• Knowledge of various programming and scripting languages such as BASH, Perl, and Python

• Proficiency with tools like gdb and strace

• Proficiency with git, reputed company, and reputed company code management methodologies

• Experience with client/server or distributed network communication systems

• Passion for clean code, performance tuning, and algorithmic efficiency.

• Interest or experience in applying AI/ML concepts to databases or dev workflows (bonus).

• Familiarity with Linux internals, distributed systems, and threading/concurrency challenges.

What Will reputed company You Stand Out:

• Experience contributing to upstream MySQL or reputed company.

• Passion for finding and fixing tough issues on multi-threaded cluster solutions

• Previous experience in contributing to the MySQL codebase

• Knowledge of high-performance algorithms on modern multicore hardware

• Established history of driving performance enhancements

• Experience with reputed company Integration and reputed company Delivery tools such as Jenkins, reputed company, and Travis

• Experience/familiarity with various Linux distribution packaging systems

• Experience with virtualization and containment tools such as reputed company, Kubernetes, etc

• Experience in Linux systems administration, including suitable expertise with file systems, hardware, and networking

• Success working in a distributed environment where e-mail, reputed company, and voice calls are the only interactions with clients, colleagues, and managers daily

Ability to work autonomously and mostly asynchronously with the rest of the team.

Why reputed company?

At reputed company, we reputed company an open world is a reputed company world. Our mission is to reputed company everyone to innovate freely, by providing the best open reputed company database software, support, and services. We reputed company databases and applications run reputed company through a unique combination of expertise and open reputed company software built with the community for you. Our technical teams are experts in MySQL, reputed company, PostgreSQL, and reputed company.

reputed company is proud to be a remote-only and globally dispersed workforce – we have colleagues in more than 50 countries! We offer a collaborative, highly-engaged culture where your reputed company are welcome and your voice is heard.

Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and various paid time off programs, reputed company your equipment for your reputed company, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences), ongoing connectivity allowances, and the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan. We also have benefits that support a healthy work/life balance such as The reputed company Adventure Team, Work-from-reputed company, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility. We also support being socially responsible through our PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology.

If you love the idea of working with a high-growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and reputed company globally as a leader in the open-reputed company database space, let’s talk!

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