Senior software engineer

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer - Connectors/Integrations

Location: Remote

Hiring Manager: Andrei Lougovtsov

Estimated salary range: $145,000 to $190,000

• The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations

About Ocient:

Ocient is a venture-funded startup building a SQL compliant, exabyte-scale, high-performance data platform. It is a distributed system optimized for NVMe drives, RDMA networks and high core count processors. We are led by a management team with seven successful startup exits, including Cleversafe which was one of the largest software startup exits in Chicago's history.

Job Overview:
Ocient is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join the Connectors and Integrations team. This position will design, build, and maintain Ocient’s ecosystem of database drivers and client integrations, ensuring our JDBC and Python drivers are performant and our platform connects seamlessly with tools like Tableau, DBeaver, and Metabase.

Ideal candidates are passionate about the customer experience, usability, and building high performance software, and are strong collaborators with teams across Product, Sales, and Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and validate Ocient’s suite of database drivers (JDBC, Python) and application integrations that leverage this software.
• Collaborate across engineering teams and customer engagements to deliver client software that provides a high-quality user experience.
• Program in multiple languages, including Java, C++, and Python, to build and support database drivers and integrations, including but not limited to Metabase, Tableau, and DBeaver.
• Work closely with Sales, Product, and End Customers to ensure business success.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong fundamental computer science skills.
• Significant experience developing Database APIs, Integrations, and Drivers, particularly those interfacing with the JDBC or ODBC API.
• Experience developing applications using Linux networking APIs
• The ability to own, communicate, and manage risk associated with large complex problems.

An ideal candidate will have:

• A “polyglot” skill set with a demonstrated ability and desire to work across different domains and problems. This position requires picking up and building in new languages and systems quickly.
• Experience developing high performance distributed systems in C++ or Java.
• Experience developing and maintaining SSO integrations such as EntraID and GCP.
• Desire to work in a fast paced, startup environment with a highly collaborative team.
• Strong sense of urgency and commitment to customer success.

We are not open to using an agency or staffing company at this time. We do not accept unsolicited agency or staffing resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Ocient provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

All official Ocient job postings and recruiting communications will come directly from our team via our Careers page, LinkedIn, or from an ocient.com email address. If you receive communication about a role from any other source, please treat it with caution and direct questions to [email protected] .