SingleStore
Staff Software Engineer
$160K–$210K
United States +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- United States
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- Typically 10+ years building and operating production software, or equivalent depth of experience and impact.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s (preferred) degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Provides hands-on technical leadership for SingleStore Flow, building and operating reliable data migration and integration systems from source databases and CDC through migration engines, APIs, Helios, and customer workflows.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and lead complex, release-defining Flow initiatives from design through production rollout.
- Design and implement production software, addressing data correctness, reliability, performance, observability, and operational issues.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate across product, engineering, support, solutions, and customers; advance AI-assisted engineering and migration capabilities.
What they ask for
- Expert-level Java experience, including debugging and improving complex enterprise codebases.
- Experience with JDBC and databases, plus a strong understanding of database and data-intensive system concepts.
- Deep experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL; hands-on experience with CDC or comparable streaming and replication technologies.
- Demonstrated experience building reliable distributed systems and leading large technical initiatives across team boundaries.
Nice to have
- Experience with additional databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, SAP HANA, Snowflake, Salesforce, or SingleStore.
- Experience building agentic applications, AI-assisted developer workflows, or systems using LLMs for operational tasks.
Pay
$160,000 - $210,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, JDBC, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Avro, Protocol Buffers, Kubernetes, Go
AI focus
Advance AI-native development practices and agentic capabilities for engineering productivity and self-serve customer migrations; preferred experience includes AI-assisted workflows and LLM systems for planning, diagnosis, or operational automation.
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