SingleStore

Database

SeniorSoftwareEngineer

Lisboa, Portugal
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer at SingleStore. Skills: Distributed systems, Kubernetes, Cloud infrastructure. Design, build and maintain the platform. Lead complex, cross-functional technical initiatives”

Industry & Context.

Database
Problems you'll solve

Intellectual curiosity about investigating issues that impact business metrics

Eligibility Requirements

Share on-call responsibilities

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of experience working on a SaaS product, Experience with working on distributed systems, Experience working with Kubernetes and/or containerized services, Intellectual curiosity about investigating issues that impact business metrics, Passion for building high-quality products that are robust and easy to maintain, communication skills, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

Nice to Have

Experience with cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP, Experience building developer platforms, compute platforms, ML platforms, or serverless/container execution environments, Experience working with frontend web frameworks like React, Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading technical projects

What You'll Do.

build and maintain the platform

cross-functional technical initiatives

Work closely with product managers

Drive the team's engineering standards

Share on-call responsibilities

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with product managers, designers, customers, and other engineers; fostering a collaborative team culture

Communication Scope

communication skills with a passion for mentoring peers; fostering a collaborative team culture; executing efficiently in a fast-paced environment

Process & Methodology

Lead complex, cross-functional technical initiatives from conception to deployment

Full Job Description

Position Overview We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Aura AI Platform team. You will design, build, and operate the infrastructure that runs customer workloads (Notebooks, Jobs, Apps, AI Agents, and Model-serving) on top of SingleStore, across multiple regions and clouds. You will work on services that manage container pools, resource scaling, routing, RBAC, Billing, Observability and secure network access between clusters. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy building distributed platforms, owning production systems, and enabling real-time AI and data applications at scale. What you'll do: Design, build and maintain the platform that powers internal and customer‑facing intelligent services on SingleStore Lead complex, cross-functional technical initiatives from conception to deployment, mentoring other engineers along the way Work closely with product managers, designers, customers, and other engineers to ensure we deliver a high-quality experience Drive the team's engineering standards, championing best practices in system design, code quality, testing, observability, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure we scale reliably. Share on-call responsibilities and proactively improve the reliability, security, and cost-efficiency of our cloud infrastructure. Your Experience: 4+ years of experience working on a SaaS product Experience with working on distributed systems, ideally in programming languages such as Golang, Python or Rust Experience working with Kubernetes and/or containerized services Intellectual curiosity about investigating issues that impact business metrics Passion for building high-quality products that are robust and easy to maintain in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment Strong communication skills with a passion for mentoring peers, fostering a collaborative team culture, and executing efficiently in a fast-paced environment. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. Preferred Qualifications:

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