Staff Engineer Distributed Storage and Transaction

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Yugabyte

Sunnyvale, CA

Hybrid

Posted April 1, 2026

Job Description

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to become the default transactional database for enterprises building cloud-native applications. YugabyteDB is our PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database for cloud-native apps. Resilient, scalable, and flexible, it runs on any cloud and enables developers to become instantly productive using well-known APIs.We are looking for talented and driven people to join us on our ambitious mission and help us build a lasting and impactful company.The transactional database market is estimated to grow to $64B by 2025. YugabyteDB is cloud-native by design, has on-demand horizontal scalability, and supports geographical distribution of data using built-in replication. This means that we are well-positioned to meet market demand for geo-distributed, high-scale, high-performance workloads.

Join the Database Revolution at Yugabyte.

Modern applications need a cloud-native database that eliminates tradeoffs and silos. YugabyteDB retains the power and familiarity of PostgreSQL by pairing its trusted API with a precision-engineered, distributed, cloud-native architecture. Even better, it’s 100% open source. Many of the world's leading enterprises are migrating from legacy RDBMSs (like Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2) to YugabyteDB, to meet their mission-critical app demands.

Staff Engineer – Distributed Storage & Transactions (DST)

Location: Sunnyvale, United States
Team: Distributed Storage Technologies (DST)
Position Level: Staff Engineer

Role Overview

As a Staff Engineer on the Distributed Storage & Transactions (DST) team, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the core distributed storage, replication, and transaction foundations of YugabyteDB.

You will work on some of the most challenging problems in distributed systems — including consistency, durability, fault tolerance, performance, and scalability — while collaborating closely with query layer, platform, and cloud teams. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in low-level systems work and want to shape the future of a globally distributed database.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, testing, and delivery of core storage and replication features in YugabyteDB.
Write high-quality C/C++ code with comprehensive automated tests; actively participate in design discussions and code reviews.
Troubleshoot and resolve correctness, stability, and performance issues in complex distributed storage and transactional subsystems.
Improve database scalability and throughput as cluster sizes, data volumes, and transaction rates continue to grow.
Build and streamline database management operations, including:

Horizontal cluster scale-out
Incremental and point-in-time backups
Online schema and index operations
Rolling upgrades and blue-green deployments

Identify and implement performance improvements across the storage engine, transaction processing, and replication layers.
Contribute to the open-source YugabyteDB project, helping evolve its storage architecture and operational reliability.
Mentor and technically influence other engineers in distributed systems design, performance engineering, and systems-level debugging.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong foundation in systems programming using C/C++.
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science (or related field), or equivalent practical experience.
Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including: