MIT-Software Engineer-New Grad |Helios|

Summary

SingleStore is a company that develops Helios, its fully managed cloud database service, for creating, managing, scaling, monitoring, and protecting customer workspaces and databases. The University Graduate Software Engineer will design, implement, test, and operate production-quality cloud software, contributing to distributed services, automation, APIs, reliability, and database management while collaborating with engineering and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Developing services that support the lifecycle of customer workspaces and databases
• Building automation for provisioning, scaling, upgrades, backups, and recovery
• Improving service reliability, availability, observability, and operational efficiency
• Designing APIs and backend systems for cloud database management
• Investigating and resolving performance, scalability, and correctness issues
• Writing production code, tests, documentation, and technical designs
• Collaborating with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners

Skills

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, completed or expected by the start date
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Programming experience in Go, Java, Python, C++, or a similar language
• Understanding of distributed systems, operating systems, networking, or databases
• Familiarity with Linux or Unix-based systems
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and solve complex technical problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Coursework or project experience in distributed systems, cloud computing, databases, networking, or operating systems
• Experience building backend services, APIs, or automation
• Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, or public cloud platforms
• Experience with observability, monitoring, debugging, or performance analysis
• Experience contributing to production software or substantial technical projects
• Interest in reliability engineering and operating services at scale

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, completed or expected by the start date
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Programming experience in Go, Java, Python, C++, or a similar language
• Understanding of distributed systems, operating systems, networking, or databases
• Familiarity with Linux or Unix-based systems
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and solve complex technical problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Haves

• Coursework or project experience in distributed systems, cloud computing, databases, networking, or operating systems
• Experience building backend services, APIs, or automation
• Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, or public cloud platforms
• Experience with observability, monitoring, debugging, or performance analysis
• Experience contributing to production software or substantial technical projects
• Interest in reliability engineering and operating services at scale

Benefits

• Mentorship from experienced cloud and distributed-systems engineers
• Hands-on experience building and operating production cloud services
• Exposure to database systems, cloud infrastructure, reliability, and large-scale automation
• Opportunities to collaborate across engineering and product teams
• A supportive environment focused on technical growth and meaningful ownership