Lead Software Engineer

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, its 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.. Team. The YugabyteDB Aeon development team is dedicated to building fully managed YugabyteDB-as-a-Service on the public cloud. This cloud native database service allows customers to deploy & run YugabyteDB (high performance SQL database system) on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The team consists of software engineers on a mission to simplify the deployment & operations of complex distributed database systems, and reduce operational costs of managing databases for customers.. Role. In this role, you will lead a team to innovate, build, enrich fully managed cloud database service (Database as service). You will combine your creativity, clear thinking with design & coding skills to solve customer problems, deliver innovations & ship features. You will provide technical guidance to engineers on ideas, design, code approaches/decisions. You will apply your communication & collaboration skills to successfully partner with cross team members (Product Manager, QA, Sales, Support) on product planning, execution & customer engagement activities. By combining your passion to solve customer problems with technical & leadership skills, you will make a positive impact on the teams mission to simplify the management of databases, and reduce operational costs to customers..

Responsibilities. Lead a team to innovate, build, enrich fully managed cloud database service (Database as service).. Drive product growth through innovations in manageability, security, observability, data availability, monetization.. Contribute to design, development and maintenance of product features.. Provide technical guidance to engineers on product architecture, design, coding approaches/decisions.. Partner with engineering directors, product managers on product strategy & execution activities.. Collaborate with cross team members (Product Manager, UX, QA, Support) on product discovery, development, support activities.. Requirements. Technical leadership experience in building Enterprise SaaS/DBaaS (Database as service) on public cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS).. Strong software design and development skills. Proficiency in Java and Python programming languages.. Mentor, guide engineers on architectural, design, code approaches/decisions.. Convey ideas and information in spoken & written language (communication skills).. Active listener, share views/opinions, inclusive, value others ideas/feedback, contribute to teams success (collaboration skills).. 10+ years of experience and a BS/MS degree in Computer Science.. Exposure to Databases and/or Enterprise SaaS is 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.. Show more Show less