Staff Engineer Distributed Storage and Transaction
YugaByte - Sunnyvale, CA
Posted Feb 5, 2026
Benefits
- Parental leave
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- Non-birth-parent leave
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- Salary
- $150K-$250K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
- 401(k) match
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Market context
- U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
- $116,543 U.S. median for this role
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +9.8% - Much faster than average
72% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.
Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
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- Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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About this role
Staff Engineer Distributed Storage and Transaction Sunnyvale, CA Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB , the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide. Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits. Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries. Staff Engineer - Distributed Storage & Transactions (DST) Location: Sunnyvale, United States Team: Distributed Storage Technologies (DST) Position Level: Staff Engineer Role Overview As a Staff Engineer on the Distributed Storage & Transactions (DST) team , you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the core distributed storage, replication, and transaction foundations of YugabyteDB. You will work on some of the most challenging problems in distributed systems - including consistency, durability, fault tolerance, performance, and scalability - while collaborating closely with query layer, platform, and cloud teams. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in low-level systems work and want to shape the future of a globally distributed database. Key Responsibilities - Lead the design, development, testing, and delivery of core storage and replication features in YugabyteDB. - Write high-quality C/C++ code with comprehensive automated tests; actively participate in design discussions and code reviews. - Troubleshoot
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