Sr. Software Engineer at Singlestore

SingleStore engineers build the real-time data platform powering some of the world’s most demanding applications. Our cloud-native architecture enables high-performance transactional and analytical workloads at scale, and our teams ship production code continuously throughout the year. We operate in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment where engineers own their work end-to-end and partner closely across Product, Sales, and Go-To-Market teams to deliver meaningful business impact. Position Summary We are seeking a Senior/Principal Software Engineer to join the Engineering team and play a critical role in designing and delivering core capabilities for SingleStore’s. This is a senior technical role with end-to-end ownership of large, release-defining projects at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and database technology. As a Software Engineer, you will set technical direction, solve complex system-level problems, and act as a force multiplier across the organization. You will work closely with Product and customer-facing teams to ensure our platform meets the needs of both long-standing enterprise customers and new adopters. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on deep technical challenges, takes pride in building durable systems, and enjoys mentoring others while remaining hands-on. Note: This role is open across multiple levels. Final leveling (Senior, Staff, or Principal) will be determined based on experience, scope of impact, and demonstrated technical leadership throughout the interview process. Role and Responsibilities • Lead technical design and decision-making for large, release-defining projects impacting SingleStore’s cloud platform. • Design and implement new capabilities across networking, control plane, and managed service infrastructure, with main focus on our billing systems • Solve complex, mission-critical system problems with solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and resilient. • Collaborate closely with Product Management to translate customer and business requirements into robust technical solutions. • Investigate and resolve difficult issues in production and development environments while balancing multiple responsibilities. • Investigate, debug and fix issues with billing data synchronization. • Contribute to data visualization dashboards. • Mentor and guide engineers on system design, coding standards, and architectural best practices, raising the technical bar across the team. Required Skills and Experience • 6+ years of experience developing and debugging system-level software in Golang or similar language • Familiarity with distributed systems managed via Kubernetes. • Demonstrated ability to design and build highly reliable, high-performance system software. • Experience working in environments where performance, scalability, and reliability are critical. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. Preferred Qualifications • Experience building cloud-native SaaS platforms. • Experience working with frontend web frameworks like React. • Background with cloud based metering and billing and generally accepted account practices. SingleStore delivers our cloud-native database with the speed and scale to power the world’s data-intensive applications. With a distributed SQL database that introduces simplicity to your data architecture by unifying transactions and analytics, SingleStore empowers digital leaders to deliver exceptional, real-time data experiences to their customers. SingleStore is venture-backed and headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Sunnyvale, Raleigh, Seattle, Boston, London, Lisbon, Bangalore, Dublin and Kyiv. Consistent with our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we value individuals with the ability to work on diverse teams and with a diverse range of people. To all recruitment agencies: SingleStore does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to SingleStore employees. SingleStore is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company. SingleStore values individuals for their unique skills and experiences, and we’re proud to offer roles in a variety of locations across the United States. Salary is based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location, and is just one part of our total compensation and benefits package. Certain roles are also eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases and annual bonuses. For candidates residing in California, please see our California Recruitment Privacy Notice. For candidates residing in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, please see our EEA, UK, and Swiss Recruitment Privacy Notice.