Software Engineer, MotherDuck
Platform Infrastructure
$140-240k
+ Equity + Stock options
Data analytics platform
Open for applications
Data analytics platform
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$140-240k
+ Equity + Stock options
21-100 employees
Company mission
To radically transform the data analyst user experience.
Role
Who you are
- Seasoned software engineer with a strong focus on backend development, infrastructure, and DevOps
- Strong proficiency in C++, Golang or another systems programming language
- Experience building scalable distributed systems and microservices
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying and managing containerized applications
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)
- Experience working with SQL databases, such as PostgreSQL and DuckDB
- Experience in infrastructure management, deployment automation, and scaling
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex system issues
- Self-directed with the ability to tackle core problems independently while collaborating effectively with a team
- Sense of fun and the ability to not take yourself too seriously
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer on the Platforms team, you’ll build and optimize the runtime that manages our flock of little DuckDBs hard at work running customer queries
- Challenges include dynamic resource allocation, custom storage formats, state management, and observability
- You have a passion for being at the center of many moving pieces, partnering with internal engineering teams, cross functional partners, and customers to weave together a coherent system
- You know what it takes to build a distributed system that is reliable, efficient, secure, and observable, but you also know how to launch and iterate in a fast moving environment
- You thrive through the full lifecycle of a feature, from clarifying product requirements and key metrics to carrying the pager and investing in making it squawk less
- Design, build and care for the server-side infrastructure for MotherDuck
- Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code that follows established coding standards and best practices
- Monitor and troubleshoot production issues, and work to resolve them in a timely manner
- Embrace feedback, empower your teammates, and invest in the team’s success
- Go beyond the job description to ensure we build an extraordinary product for our users
Our take
In the increasingly complex landscape of data analytics, the challenges faced in managing and extracting meaningful insights from large datasets are on the rise. Conventional approaches, often involving distributed architectures and petabyte-scale data solutions, can be cumbersome, expensive, and less user-friendly for the majority of users who do not operate at such a large scale.
MotherDuck, recognizing this issue, has emerged as a solution provider with its serverless, user-friendly data analytics platform. Leveraging the power of the open-source database DuckDB, MotherDuck aims to simplify the scale-up approach to SQL analytics, offering a faster, more cost-effective alternative for the 95% of analysts who do not require petabyte-scale data solutions.
Having secured funding in 2023, the company is now well-positioned to further enhance its platform and expand its user base. As MotherDuck continues to collaborate closely with the DuckDB team and integrate user feedback for enhancements, the company is also poised to play a pivotal role in the evolution of serverless data analytics.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2023
$52.5m
SERIES B
Nov 2022
$35m
SERIES A
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- 401k plan
- Regular offsites in hub or exotic locations
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision for employees (plus 80% paid medical, dental, and vision for dependents)
Company HQ
Central Business District, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jordan Tigani
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously the CPO at SingleStore. Prior to that, they were a Product Leader, Engineering Leader, and Founding Engineer on Google BigQuery.
Ryan Boyd
(Co-Founder)Currently a Partner at HyperGrowth as well as an Advisor at SparrowLabs. With a background in Coding, Leadership, and Management working at Google, Flux, and Databricks.
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