We're a remote-first team of passionate engineers, advocates, and builders. We value autonomy, deep technical work, and open-source culture. If you care about developer experience and want to push the boundaries of database technology, we'd love to hear from you.

Senior Rust Engineer

Remote Full-time Engineering

Work on the core HeliosDB storage engine, MVCC transaction layer, and query execution pipeline. You'll write high-performance Rust code that handles everything from B-tree operations to write-ahead logging.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement core storage engine components in Rust
  • Optimize query execution and memory management
  • Build and maintain the MVCC transaction layer
  • Write comprehensive benchmarks and performance tests
  • Contribute to the PostgreSQL wire protocol implementation
  • Review code and mentor junior engineers

Requirements

  • 5+ years of systems programming experience
  • 3+ years of Rust experience in production systems
  • Deep understanding of database internals (B-trees, LSM trees, WAL, MVCC)
  • Experience with RocksDB, LevelDB, or similar storage engines
  • Strong understanding of memory management and concurrency
  • Familiarity with the PostgreSQL wire protocol is a plus
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Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

Remote Full-time Engineering

Build the distributed foundation of HeliosDB Full: Raft consensus, multi-region replication, sharding, and cluster management. You'll work on the hardest problems in distributed database systems.

Responsibilities

  • Implement and optimize the Raft consensus protocol
  • Design multi-region replication strategies
  • Build automatic sharding and rebalancing systems
  • Implement distributed transaction coordination
  • Design and build cluster management and monitoring
  • Ensure correctness through formal verification and testing

Requirements

  • 5+ years of distributed systems experience
  • Deep understanding of consensus protocols (Raft, Paxos, PBFT)
  • Experience with distributed databases or storage systems
  • Strong Rust or C++ skills
  • Understanding of CAP theorem trade-offs in practice
  • Experience with formal verification tools is a plus
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Developer Advocate

Remote Full-time DevRel

Be the voice of HeliosDB in the developer community. Create tutorials, speak at conferences, engage on social media, and build relationships with developers who use our database.

Responsibilities

  • Create technical content: blog posts, tutorials, videos, and demos
  • Speak at conferences and meetups worldwide
  • Engage with the community on GitHub, Discord, and Twitter
  • Gather developer feedback and relay it to the engineering team
  • Build sample applications and integration guides
  • Collaborate with partners on joint content and integrations

Requirements

  • 3+ years of developer relations or developer advocacy experience
  • Strong technical background with databases or backend systems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience creating technical content (blogs, videos, talks)
  • Active presence in developer communities
  • Willingness to travel for conferences (20-30%)
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Solutions Engineer

Remote Full-time Engineering

Help enterprise customers succeed with HeliosDB. You'll design architectures, run proof-of-concept deployments, and ensure customers get maximum value from the platform.

Responsibilities

  • Design database architectures for enterprise customer use cases
  • Lead proof-of-concept and pilot deployments
  • Provide technical guidance on migrations from legacy databases
  • Create reference architectures and best practice guides
  • Collaborate with sales on technical evaluations
  • Feed customer requirements back to the product team

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience as a solutions engineer or technical architect
  • Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, or other RDBMS
  • Experience with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
  • Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience in enterprise sales cycles
  • Familiarity with AI/ML workloads is a plus
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Frontend Engineer

Remote Full-time Engineering

Build the HeliosDB Cloud dashboard, developer tools, and management interface. Create beautiful, performant interfaces that make database management a joy instead of a chore.

Responsibilities

  • Build the HeliosDB Cloud management dashboard
  • Create data visualization components for query results and metrics
  • Implement the SQL editor with syntax highlighting and autocomplete
  • Design and build the database branching visual interface
  • Ensure accessibility and responsive design across devices
  • Optimize frontend performance for large datasets

Requirements

  • 4+ years of frontend engineering experience
  • Expertise in React or Vue.js with TypeScript
  • Experience building data-heavy dashboards and admin interfaces
  • Strong CSS/design skills with attention to detail
  • Experience with WebSocket real-time data streaming
  • Familiarity with database tools (pgAdmin, DBeaver) is a plus
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Technical Writer

Remote Full-time Documentation

Own the HeliosDB documentation experience. Write clear, comprehensive docs, tutorials, and guides that help developers go from zero to production with HeliosDB.

Responsibilities

  • Write and maintain API reference documentation
  • Create getting-started guides and tutorials for all three tiers
  • Document database features, SQL syntax, and configuration options
  • Build interactive code examples and sample projects
  • Maintain the documentation site infrastructure
  • Collaborate with engineers to document new features at launch

Requirements

  • 3+ years of technical writing experience for developer tools
  • Ability to read and understand code in Rust, Python, or TypeScript
  • Experience with database documentation (SQL, APIs, configuration)
  • Familiarity with docs-as-code workflows (Markdown, Git, CI/CD)
  • Strong editorial skills and attention to technical accuracy
  • Experience with static site generators (Docusaurus, MkDocs) is a plus
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ML/AI Engineer

Remote Full-time Engineering

Build the AI-native capabilities of HeliosDB: vector search optimization, the neural query planner, anomaly detection engine, and ML-powered self-tuning systems.

Responsibilities

  • Optimize HNSW vector indexing and Product Quantization algorithms
  • Build the neural query planner that learns from workload patterns
  • Implement ML-based anomaly detection for data streams
  • Design the in-database ML training and inference pipeline
  • Create embeddings-aware caching and retrieval strategies
  • Benchmark and optimize AI workloads on GPU (CUDA/ROCm)

Requirements

  • 4+ years of ML/AI engineering experience
  • Deep understanding of vector search algorithms (HNSW, IVF, PQ)
  • Experience with embedding models and RAG architectures
  • Proficiency in Rust and/or C++ for high-performance ML systems
  • Experience with GPU programming (CUDA or ROCm)
  • Published research or open-source contributions in ML/databases is a plus
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