Key Responsibilities

- Architect and develop core database platform components.

- Design and enhance database kernel capabilities.

- Build and optimize SQL processing, query execution, and query optimization frameworks.

- Design highly scalable distributed database architectures.

- Improve database performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.

- Collaborate with global engineering teams on architecture and product strategy.

- Drive engineering best practices, design reviews, and technical mentorship.

- Influence the long-term technical roadmap of the database platform.

Required Technical Skills

Core Database Engineering

Hands-on experience developing one or more of the following:

- Database Kernel

- SQL Parser

- Query Optimizer

- Query Execution Engine

Systems Programming

- Robust hands-on experience in

C and/or C++

- Linux Systems Programming (preferred)





Distributed Database Systems

Experience with

- Distributed Databases

- Massively Parallel Processing (MPP)

- Parallel Query Execution

- Distributed Transactions

- Scalability

- High Availability

Product Engineering

Experience in

- Commercial Software Product Development

- Product Architecture

- Product Lifecycle Ownership

- Feature Design & Development

- Core Platform Engineering

- Product Innovation

Cloud (Preferred)

- AWS / Azure / GCP

- Kubernetes

- Docker

- Cloud-native architectures

- Snowflake

- Databricks

Leadership Expectations

- Technical Leadership

- Architecture Ownership

- Engineering Mentorship

- Design Reviews

- Cross-functional Collaboration

- Technology Strategy

📌 Principal Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Peoplefy
📍 Hyderabad