Infrastructure Software Engineer, Metadata Services

Dropbox

Contract type

Ongoing

Work mode

On-site · On-site (see listing for address)

Experience

Senior · 5+ years

Job description

Design and maintain distributed database systems providing low-latency, strongly consistent data access
Implement and optimize replication, consensus, and caching mechanisms to meet availability and performance goals
Operate production systems, including participating in the on-call rotation, ensuring high availability and data durability
Collaborate with infrastructure and product teams to assess current and future use cases and requirements, supporting the development of a mid- to long-term roadmap
Contribute to system design reviews, postmortems, and reliability improvements
Write high-quality, efficient code in Go and Rust for performance-critical systems
Company mission
Information not specified

Core technologies

JavaGoPython (Programming Language)

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
5+ years of professional software development experience
Experience designing and implementing software using distributed systems fundamentals: replication, consistency, partitioning, and fault tolerance
Experience building databases, storage systems, or large scale data infrastructure
Proficient in programming and debugging across a range of languages such as Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, or Java
Familiarity with consensus and coordination systems (e.g. Raft, Paxos, ZooKeeper)
Strong debugging and performance analysis skills
Preferred: Familiarity with Semaphores and Mutexes
Preferred: Experience building distributed databases or storage systems
Preferred: Practical experience with and deep understanding of data structures used in storage systems (e.g. LSM trees, B-trees, Hash Indexes)
Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, Java, Raft, Paxos, ZooKeeper
Java
Python (Programming Language)
Go