Sr Software Research Engineer - Database Engines

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ABOUT OUR CLIENT:

This Global Communications company is looking for up to 3 Sr Software Research Engineers - Database Engines to join them in a full-time permanent position or full-time contract. The position is located in British Columbia.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Hands-on experience with query engine internals, transactional storage engines, and indexing techniques.
• Domain expert in data warehousing, SQL optimization and parallel/distributed database systems.
• Excellent programming skills in C, C++ or Rust is a must. Familiarity with other languages is an asset.
• Proficient in systems programming, debugging and profiling.
• Hands-on expert on memory-centric computing techniques (e.g., vectorization, query compilation, cache-aware optimizations and in-memory indexes).
• Familiar with modern open data formats for analytics (e.g., Apache Arrow and Parquet).

• Work with a small team of highly motivated engineers and researchers.
• Participate in the design and implementation of analytical database engines.
• Validate, evaluate and troubleshoot system design issues.
• Be up-to-date and evaluate relevant research ideas from leading research venues (e.g., VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR).
• Deliver high-performance and reliable code.