MIT-Software Engineer-New Grad |Engine|

Summary

SingleStore is a company that develops a distributed SQL database combining transactions and analytics in a high-performance platform. The University Graduate Software Engineer will design, implement, test, and improve production-quality database engine software while contributing to systems and database engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Developing features for the SingleStore database engine
• Improving query execution, optimization, and runtime performance
• Working on storage engines, indexing, transactions, or data management
• Building reliable distributed-system components
• 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 C++ or C
• Understanding of operating systems, concurrency, multithreading, and computer architecture
• 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 databases, distributed systems, storage systems, compilers, or networking
• Experience with database internals, query processing, indexing, or transaction systems
• Experience debugging or optimizing systems-level software
• Familiarity with performance profiling, memory management, or low-level programming
• Experience contributing to production software or substantial technical projects

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 C++ or C
• Understanding of operating systems, concurrency, multithreading, and computer architecture
• 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 databases, distributed systems, storage systems, compilers, or networking
• Experience with database internals, query processing, indexing, or transaction systems
• Experience debugging or optimizing systems-level software
• Familiarity with performance profiling, memory management, or low-level programming
• Experience contributing to production software or substantial technical projects

Benefits

• Mentorship from experienced database and systems engineers
• Hands-on experience building software that ships to production
• Exposure to database internals, distributed systems, and large-scale performance engineering
• Opportunities to collaborate across engineering and product teams
• A supportive environment focused on technical growth and meaningful ownership