Distributed Systems Engineer (Go & Java)

Phoenix, AZ, United States

A Little About Us

EDB provides a data and AI platform that enables organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across any cloud, anywhere. EDB empowers enterprises to control risk, manage costs and scale efficiently for a data and AI led world. Serving more than 1,500 customers globally and as the leading contributor to the vibrant and fast-growing PostgreSQL community, EDB supports major government organizations, financial services, media and information technology companies. EDB’s data-driven solutions enable customers to modernize legacy systems and break data silos while leveraging enterprise-grade open source technologies. EDB delivers the confidence of up to 99.999% high availability with mission critical capabilities built in such as security, compliance controls, and observability. For more information, visit www.enterprisedb.com

Job Summary

We are in search of a talented backend developer with a strong background in systems and data integration. Our team leverages databases, event streaming, Cloud Service Provider (CSP) services, and EDB software to create fault-tolerant and high-performance data solutions. We're looking for candidates who are passionate about exploring cutting-edge literature and technologies in machine learning, analytics, and data engineering to enhance our transactional systems excellence.

In this role, you'll work with EDB's data integration and migration team to deliver next-generation data movement and integrated data platform solutions to our customers. Together, we'll build systems that not only attract customers to Postgres but also amplify the value of their data.

**Candidate Note: This role is 100% remote based in the United States only.

What your impact will be:

Develop backend systems that power exceptional user experiences by working closely with frontend engineers, designers, and product management

Collaborate with our globally distributed engineering team using tools like GitHub, Jira, and Slack

Participate in all stages of the product development life cycle spanning ideation, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operation

Contribute to continuous improvement of our platform through knowledge sharing and mentoring within the team and across EDB organizations

Approach problem-solving with an inquisitive, innovative, and detail-oriented mindset while maintaining a focus on delivering value to our customers

What you will bring:

3+ years experience in a back-end development role using Go, Java

4+ years experience with distributed systems (e.g. database systems, Kubernetes clusters, cloud infrastructure)

Proficiency in building production software components (CLIs, services, clients) that interact over HTTP and gRPC

1+ years experience with Apache Kafka

1+ years experience with kubernetes (or any other container orchestration tool like openshift, eks…)

Experience with cloud enviornment: AWS, Azure, or GCP (Terraform or other infra-as-code solutions preferred)

Comfortable working iteratively in our lightweight Scrum process and open to feedback from others

Calm and methodical approach with good communication skills

What will give you an edge:

Understanding of the Postgres ecosystem and experience developing against Postgres

Experience working with Oracle database systems, especially change-data-capture and REDO log interactions

Experience with AWS Kinesis, Azure Event Hub, or GCP PubSub

Experience with ANTLR

“Full stack” experience into the front-end layer with basic understanding of React, Vue.js, and/or Typescript

Experience with deploying and operating software on Kubernetes

Strong opinions on the state of data engineering, ML/AI, and data movement solutions or academic literature – and what’s next in the field

Experience with devops/SRE responsibilities and have worked in a “you build it, you run it” environment

Experience with logs and metrics integration (Prometheus, Grafana, CSP services)

Experience with change-data-capture (CDC) / ETL / ELT systems (Debezium, FiveTran)

Experience with Spark, Flink, Hive Metastore (or other metadata/catalog stores)

Experience with the Snowflake or Databricks platforms

Involvement in OSS communities (not just Postgres, though that’s a double plus!)

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EDB is committed to supporting our employees' overall well being by offering a range of benefits and resources to promote a healthy work-life balance and wellness. We provide access to Modern Health to aid employees in health and wellness tips and practices, as well as Wellness Fridays extending to December 2024! Check out our career site for more information on perks and benefits and reach out to our Talent Acquisition team for region specific benefits.

We know it takes a unique mix of people and skills to help us in our mission to supercharge Postgres, and we understand that not everyone will check every box. We’d love to hear from you and we want you to apply!

EDB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. EDB was built on a commitment to trust and respect each other and to embrace an array of people and ideas. These values remain at the center of our culture and are key to our company’s integrity.

EDB does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. EDB and its affiliates are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other similar payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written signed agreement between EDB and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.

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