Senior Software Development Engineer (distributed Db Systems & Storage Internals)

WORKDAY AUSTRALIA PTY

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Fully remote
8+ years distributed database experience
3+ years erlang or elixir coding
Deep linux networking and storage internals
The role involves owning the design and scaling of a secure, resilient, and highly scalable document persistence service built on Erlang and Riak

Job Summary

  • The role involves owning the design and scaling of a secure, resilient, and highly scalable document persistence service built on Erlang and Riak.
  • Candidates must possess deep knowledge of low-level operating system concepts including multi-threading, concurrency, memory management, and storage.
  • Workday offers a flexible work approach combining in-person and remote time, requiring at least 50% presence in the office or field each quarter.

Matching Summary

The role involves owning the design and scaling of a secure, resilient, and highly scalable document persistence service built on Erlang and Riak.

Salary

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Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 8+ years distributed database experience
  • 3+ years Erlang or Elixir coding
  • Deep Linux networking and storage internals
  • Distributed systems architecture design
  • Performance optimization and bottleneck identification

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with Riak, Hadoop, or Cassandra
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science
  • Public cloud ownership experience
  • Resilience techniques like circuit breaking
  • Curious minds and courageous collaborators

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years designing large scale distributed database systems
  • 3+ years coding in Erlang, Elixir, or similar languages
  • Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Work Rights

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