Software Engineer, TigerGraph

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 8 years of relevant experience
• Deep, hands-on experience with one or more vector databases or similarity search libraries
• Proven experience designing and working with any graph database and query languages like Cypher
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts: consensus, replication, sharding, and fault tolerance
• Solid programming fundamentals; experienced with C++, Go, or any other major programming language
• Understanding of distributed systems principles and the ability to evaluate trade-offs in system design
• Familiar with Kafka, ETCD or similar technologies
• Proactive and collaborative team player with strong communication skills
• Open to adopting AI-assisted engineering practices ("vibe coding") to improve productivity and code quality

Desirable

• This position is primarily remote, but location-based requirements may apply. If the selected candidate is located near one of our company offices, the candidate will have a hybrid work arrangement (2-3 days in-office)
• Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems for graph data
• Tackle performance and scalability challenges, optimizing data ingestion, indexing, and query pipelines for low-latency and high-throughput requirements. Conduct systematic profiling and tuning
• Build, optimize, and operate our core vector embedding infrastructure to enable efficient nearest neighbor search at scale
• Proactively diagnose, debug, and resolve complex issues across the entire data stack, from performance bottlenecks and data inconsistencies to system failures. Lead root cause analysis for production incidents and implement preventive measures