Senior Software Engineer

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VAST Data is looking for a Core Database Developer (Database Internals) to join our growing team. This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest‑growing infrastructure companies in history, at the center of the revolution in artificial intelligence and the creation of a hurricane of change.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop core database components: implement and enhance the storage engine, query execution engine, and transaction manager.
• Optimize performance: work on low‑level data structures (B‑Trees, LSM‑Trees), concurrency control (MVCC), and query optimization algorithms to improve speed and efficiency.
• Build the query engine: develop the system that parses, plans, and executes user queries against our data structures.
• Ensure reliability: implement mechanisms for data recovery, consistency, and durability.