Lead Software Engineer, DB Migration

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to become the default transactional database for enterprises building cloud-native applications. YugabyteDB is our PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database for cloud-native apps. Resilient, scalable, and flexible, it runs on any cloud and enables developers to become instantly productive using well-known APIs.We are looking for talented and driven people to join us on our ambitious mission and help us build a lasting and impactful company.The transactional database market is estimated to grow to $64B by 2025. YugabyteDB is cloud-native by design, has on-demand horizontal scalability, and supports geographical distribution of data using built-in replication. This means that we are well-positioned to meet market demand for geo-distributed, high-scale, high-performance workloads.

Join the Database Revolution at Yugabyte.

Modern applications need a cloud-native database that eliminates tradeoffs and silos. YugabyteDB retains the power and familiarity of PostgreSQL by pairing its trusted API with a precision-engineered, distributed, cloud-native architecture. Even better, it's 100% open source. Many of the world's leading enterprises are migrating from legacy RDBMSs (like Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2) to YugabyteDB, to meet their mission-critical app demands.

Your Impact:

As a Software Engineer, you will be developing a Database migration product which aims to make all parts of database migration viz schema, data and application, very simple and high quality. The DB migration team is on a mission to make this product super simple, automated and feature rich thereby ensuring onboarding of new customers onto it's fully managed YugabyteDB-as-a-Service cloud product with ease which is going to be key to its success.

You will:

• Research and design a concept of Live DB migration product
• Write high quality code
• Collaborate closely with the database dev team on db features related to migration

You'll need:

• Strong coding experience preferably in Golang and/or Java
• Strong understanding of CS fundamentals and how to apply them to code
• Understanding of algorithms and data structures and how to efficiently implement them into a solution
• Experience building and operating extensible, scalable resilient systems
• Experience with one or more relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra, DynamoDB etc.
• Willingness and ability to learn new languages and concepts
• 8-14 years of experience with a BS/MS degree in Computer Science -or- a related field

Good to have:

• Previous experience with migration would be a plus
• Experience with products like Kafka, Debezium and Blitzz will be a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws.