Software Engineer - Insights
Core
Building customer-facing database observability products to help developers understand database performance, query patterns, and health across Vitess/MySQL and PostgreSQL systems.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (observability & data pipelines)
Builds
Database observability platform (dashboards, APIs, integrations, anomaly detection tools)
Domain
Cloud databases, distributed systems, observability
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
backend development, distributed systems, data pipelines, time-series data, observability/telemetry, full-stack adaptability
Preferred skills
ClickHouse, Prometheus, streaming data systems (Kafka), database internals, query optimization, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Vitess
Technologies
Go, Rust, Ruby, Python, Vitess, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Prometheus, Kafka
Responsibilities
Instrument Vitess, MySQL, and PostgreSQL to emit performance data; Design, implement, and maintain data collection pipelines; Create intuitive dashboards and visualizations; Develop APIs and integrations exposing insights data; Build tools for query analysis, performance profiling, and anomaly detection; Own features end-to-end from design to production deployment; Partner with customers and support teams to understand observability challenges
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC