CareerPlan

Java Senior Software Engineer

RemoteFull-time2026-10-25 → 2026-11-10
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Lead the development and testing of a highly scalable, geo-distributed, high-performance database solution, managing a team of software engineers.

Role type

Senior IC Java Software Engineer (Team Lead)

Builds

A geo-distributed database system for modern application development

Domain

Database systems, distributed computing, cloud infrastructure

Required skills

Java (SE, concurrency, JVM internals), SQL databases, distributed systems algorithms (Raft, MVCC, ACID), performance optimization, debugging, team leadership

Preferred skills

NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, public cloud (AWS, GCE, Azure), open-source contributions, automation, performance/load testing

Technologies

Java, Git, JFR, JMC, async-profiler, VisualVM, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Ignite, GridGain, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCE, Azure

Responsibilities

Ensure scalability, performance, and reliability of the database system; Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features; Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in distributed environments; Profile, debug, and fine-tune performance; Develop and optimize data structures for high data-intensive scenarios; Implement data storage and network transmission mechanisms including failure handling; Implement and integrate algorithms for high availability of the whole cluster; Investigate flaws in data consistency algorithms

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities