Antithesis
Senior Systems Engineer, Database
$170K–$250K
Vienna, VA, USA +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Location
- Vienna, VA, USA
San Francisco, CA
About the job
Build and evolve Pangolin, Antithesis’s streaming analytics database, improving its performance, features, reliability, and customer data-exploration experience.
What you'll do
- Develop the database, which processes terabytes of customer data daily.
- Work with internal customers to set priorities, shape the roadmap, and deliver features.
- Collaborate with Infrastructure on deployment, reliability, and scale; write design documents and guide technical direction.
What they ask for
- Strong proficiency in Rust.
- Deep systems programming fundamentals, including memory, concurrency, and performance.
- Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.
- Strong backend engineering background, with experience working on or alongside database systems; product-minded ownership and customer collaboration.
Nice to have
- Experience with large-scale distributed backend systems, performance optimization, Linux internals, V8, or AWS (S3 & Lambda).
Pay
$170K – $250K (base salary)
Tools
Rust, JavaScript, S3, Lambda, AWS, V8, Linux
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