Database Optimizer Engineer

Position: Database Optimizer Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Duration: 6+ Months contract, renew every 6 months
Direct client: Immediate interview

Job summary:

Database Optimizer Engineer candidates are sought to conduct leading-edge data management system research and development for scalable and high-performance massively parallel processing (MPP) database systems to support analytic and transactional applications in the cloud. The ideal candidates must enjoy tackling technical challenges when evaluating a complicated distributed data processing system. The candidates should have significant database knowledge and experiences in the areas of query optimization and processing, transaction processing, and high availability. Other important attributes are versatility and a passion for building high-quality enterprise-class software systems.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

· Research and develop cutting edge optimizer technologies for MPP database management system, focusing on the ones that are cloud ready/friendly

· Analyze requirements and research related technologies in the optimizer areas for MPP DB

· Work with a team of architects and engineers to develop proof-of-concept systems and components

· Write and maintain detailed testing design and specifications

· Perform design and code reviews

Minimum Job Requirements:

· Minimum 5 years of experience in research and development of DBMS with Master in CS or relevant field, or7 years of experience with a Bachelor degree.

· Excellent documentation, organization and communication skills

· Extensive experience with system software development

· Knowledge in database technologies including but not limited to parallel query optimization and processing, distributed transaction processing, workload management, and high availability features

· Knowledge in machine learning

· Knowledge in graph computing and information theory a plus

· Experience with PostgreSQL kernel a plus

· Must be a team player

· Self-motivated & detail oriented

NOTES/ Q&A FROM THE HIRING MANAGER

· Software development,

· write, test and deliver code

· MUST have coding experience, complex server code

· Server side (services) (optimizer within the server database)

· Complex server code

· Developing something

· No application

Candidate must haves

· Server experience

· Coding

· Software development

· If they work for Oracle, IBM, SAP they are database companies than we know they work on similar products

Thanks & Regards,

Nagesh

732-844-8712