Software Engineering Manager, Database (SmithDB)

📋 Description

• Write and review production Rust code across ingestion, query execution, and storage layers
• Lead architectural decisions on storage format, compaction, indexing, and query planning
• Drive performance investigations with memory and CPU profiling; own path from profiling to fix
• Design and harden SmithDB deployment on Kubernetes (multi-tenant, high-throughput, low-latency)
• Contribute to cloud object store integrations (S3, GCS, Azure Blob) and data-at-rest standards
• Build and maintain observability for the engine itself: metrics, tracing, debug tooling

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years in systems or database engineering, with 2+ years in technical lead or engineering management
• Production Rust experience—able to write and review Rust at scale
• Deep understanding of database or storage engine internals: query execution, storage layouts, indexing, compaction
• Systems performance analysis: memory allocators, CPU hotspots, lock contention, Tokio
• Experience deploying and operating distributed services on Kubernetes in a production, multi-tenant environment
• Familiarity with cloud object storage (S3-compatible APIs, consistency models, cost/performance tradeoffs)

🎁 Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible vacation
• 401(k) plan
• Meals on in-office days in the US