Senior Software Engineer - Platform Team (f / m / d)

Exasol is the world’s fastest analytics database, trusted by the world’s most ambitious organizations. Built for speed and flexibility, it can analyze billions of rows in seconds and run high-performance analytics securely – whether in the cloud or on-premises. Need to scale your analytics function? Simple pricing makes it easy. Want to deliver frictionless insights? Automatic self‑indexing tunes performance for optimal results. And you don’t have to wait - Exasol fits into any data environment, so you can get started right away.

Exasol’s Analytics Engine accelerates insights from the world’s data. It is purpose‑built to handle the most demanding data workloads at an unmatched price / performance ratio. Our in‑memory, massively parallel processing (MPP) technology is specifically designed for analytics, enabling businesses to turn data into actionable insights.

At Exasol, we are committed to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in data analytics, and we are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team and help shape the future of data technology. Join our diverse, remote‑first team where more than 30+ languages (and counting!) are spoken, and every voice is valued. We are looking for passionate individuals who thrive on collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to help shape the future of data technology.

Overview

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform team. Your focus will be on enhancing system robustness, fault tolerance, and scalability while providing reliable interfaces for administrators and automation. This role is ideal for someone passionate about Linux internals, system‑level development, and deep troubleshooting of complex distributed systems with many moving parts.

We are currently accepting applications based in Spain or Germany.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain services and libraries using modern C++ and Python with Async IO.
• Build robust abstractions for process management, synchronization, and messaging across cluster nodes.
• Make critical technical decisions that impact the platform’s architecture and functionality.
• Implementing significant software development initiatives or projects at a high level of complexity.
• Continuously improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Effectively delegate tasks, mentor junior engineers, and foster a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure timely completion of project milestones and deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across different departments to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Collaborating across departments to ensure technical alignment with business goals
• Identifying and implementing innovative solutions.
• Actively participate in the resolution of critical customer issues, providing timely and effective solutions.
• Diagnose issues like unexpected crashes, hangs, failure recovery problems, performance bottlenecks, or resource leaks.
• Perform root cause analysis work for incidents reported on customer systems.
• Champion Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI / CD).

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

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