Database Engineer — OLAP Internals at ParadeDB (S23)
$120K - $250K  •  0.25% - 0.50%
Postgres for Search and Analytics
New York, NY, US / Remote (US; CA)
Full-time
3+ years
About ParadeDB

ParadeDB is an alternative to Elasticsearch built on Postgres. Built for real-time, update-heavy workloads.

About the role
Skills: Rust, Distributed Systems

ParadeDB is looking for an OLAP internals database engineer to join our team full-time. The ideal candidate should have:

  • A solid foundation in data systems/internals
  • Experience building analytical query engines, from columnar storage to query optimization (bonus points if you were responsible for building vectorized processing optimizations)
  • Proficiency in systems programming with C/C++/Rust/Zig (bonus points for Rust)
  • Strong background in full-text search systems and familiarity with Tantivy is a plus
  • Familiarity with Postgres internals and pgrx is a plus

We're seeking someone creative, independent, and excited by difficult technical challenges who can teach us as much as they learn from us. The ideal candidate will bring thoughtful opinions to the team, be excited to engage with and learn from customers, and be willing to wear many hats.

Full posting: https://paradedb.notion.site/ParadeDB-Job-Board-50b45af7a2834e22958b171ffa008e00?p=172ea4ce9deb80898ef5d5097bd65544&pm=s

Technology

For the database, we use Rust, Postgres internals, Tantivy and other analytical databases' internals.

For the platform, we use Kubernetes, Terraform, Bash, and Go.

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