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Senior Software Engineer, Database
@ Jobgether
Remote in Canada
Overview
Jobgether is hiring on behalf of a partner company for a Senior Software Engineer, Database, based in Canada. The role is fully remote and full-time, building a high-performance, cloud-native time series database. It includes a production on-call rotation and a salary of CAD $170,000 to $230,000, plus equity opportunities.
Pay:
$170,000–$230,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain database features including Import/Export and data pipelines
- Investigate and resolve performance bottlenecks and production incidents
- Participate in production on-call rotation
- Collaborate with platform engineering and product teams
Requirements summary:
- At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Rust, C++ or Go
- Experience building high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems
- Experience with AI coding tools
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-08
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Stock or equity |
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Full company description
Jobgether is an AI-powered career coach and matching platform fixing the broken job search. Remote professionals no longer waste hours applying blindly; instead, they receive a personalized job search strategy, stronger visibility, and curated matches aligned with their skills, flexibility preferences, and career goals. We flip the hiring model by connecting talent only to roles that truly match, reducing noise for employers and eliminating wasted effort for candidates. Jobgether combines AI coaching, profile optimization, Match Score insights, and the world’s largest remote job database to help people land opportunities faster and with less bias. Our purpose is to make remote job search guided and intentional. Our mission is to become the world’s reference platform for remote talent, ensuring no professional remains invisible and every match is meaningful.
- LinkedIn followers
- 1,498,314
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 391
- Reported office locations
- Brussels, BE
- Business categories
- Internet
- Virtual Workforce
- Other recorded names
- Jobgether
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 2,557,655
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Jobgether is an AI-powered career coach and matching platform fixing the broken job search. Remote professionals no longer waste hours applying blindly; instead, they receive a personalized job search strategy, stronger visibility, and curated matches aligned with their skills, flexibility preferences, and career goals. We flip the hiring model by connecting talent only to roles that truly match, reducing noise for…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet Marketplace Platforms |
| Company size | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Brussels |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2020 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 334 |
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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Database based in Canada.
Join a fully remote, globally distributed engineering team building the next generation of a high-performance, cloud-native time series database. In this senior-level role, you will contribute to the development of a scalable and highly available database platform, working across advanced storage technologies, query processing, and data transformation capabilities. You will design and deliver critical features while addressing complex performance, reliability, and production challenges. Collaborating closely with platform engineers and cross-functional stakeholders, you will help translate customer needs into robust technical solutions. This opportunity offers significant technical ownership, autonomy, and the chance to shape the architecture and operational excellence of a modern distributed database. Participation in a production on-call rotation is part of the role.
Accountabilities
Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues, including performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, and production incidents.
Collaborate with the platform engineering team to strengthen operational capabilities, including monitoring, alerting, and observability.
Contribute to the reliability, scalability, and performance of a distributed, cloud-native database system.
Participate in the production on-call rotation, responding to incidents, triaging issues, and debugging problems as they arise.
Work with product managers, sales, and support teams to understand customer requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
Apply AI-assisted coding tools in daily development workflows, critically reviewing and refining generated code to ensure quality and reliability.
At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong proficiency in at least one systems programming language: Rust, C++, or Go, with Rust preferred.
Demonstrated experience building high-throughput, low-latency systems in distributed environments.
Solid understanding of highly available and fault-tolerant system architectures.
Ability to collaborate effectively with product managers and customer-facing teams to understand needs and define technical requirements.
Experience using AI coding tools as part of everyday development, with the ability to evaluate, validate, critique, and improve AI-generated output.
Comfortable working autonomously in a fully distributed team and adapting to evolving priorities and fast-moving requirements.
Nice to have: Experience with Python, particularly for Processing Engine plugins; familiarity with WebAssembly and its use in embedding frontend functionality within databases; and knowledge of consensus protocols or distributed database systems.
Competitive annual salary ranging from CAD $170,000 to CAD $230,000 for Canada-based candidates.
Equity opportunities.
Benefits package.
Full-time employment.
Fully remote work arrangement.
Globally distributed, remote-first working environment.
Design, develop, and maintain new features for the next generation of the database, with a focus on Import/Export, data transformation pipelines, the Processing Engine, and WebUI integration.
Requirements:
Benefits:
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time.
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