Software Backend Engineer
Location
Europe
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Software Backend Engineer
Xata
Role Description You will join our Backend team and build the core services and infrastructure that power the Xata platform. - Backend squads: Data Plane & Control Plane - Data Plane: the core runtime infrastructure that makes Postgres branches real: storage, replication/data movement, provisioning, orchestration, performance, and reliability. - Control Plane: the services and public APIs that manage and expose that infrastructure: user-facing product features, workflows/coordination, and close collaboration with Frontend. Depending on team needs and your strengths, you may work primarily in one squad. In this role, you will: - Design and build core platform capabilities for our Postgres infrastructure. - Develop backend services and APIs that power our hosted and self-hosted offerings. - Work on database branching, storage systems, replication, lifecycle management, and orchestration. - Own projects end-to-end: identify opportunities, propose solutions, implement, deploy, and operate. - Contribute to our growing portfolio of open-source projects, including pgroll, pgstream, and other components of the Xata platform. - Collaborate closely with engineers across backend, frontend, product, and platform teams. - Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making. - Participate in on-call rotations and help maintain a reliable platform. Qualifications - You are highly self-directed and thrive in environments with a high degree of ownership. - Significant experience building backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems software in production environments. - Strong programming skills in Go, C/C++, Java, or similar languages. - Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts (reliability, consistency, concurrency, failure modes). - Experience with cloud infrastructure and technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker. - Familiarity with PostgreSQL and database systems. - Strong written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a remote environment. Requirements - Experience working on database technologies or PostgreSQL internals. - Experience building storage or infrastructure systems. - Experience developing with Rust. - Experience contributing to open-source projects. - Experience building developer tools or platform products. Benefits - Competitive salary and equity. - 30 vacation days (plus local public holidays). - Comprehensive health insurance coverage. - Budget for a co-working space of your choice. - Learning budget for conferences, courses, and books. - Flexibility, autonomy, and impact from day one. - Two company off-sites per year, with partners and children welcome. - Significant opportunities for growth, leadership, and career development.
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