# Senior Software Engineer, Database

InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, the leading time series platform used to collect, store, and analyze all time series data at any scale. Developers can query and analyze their time-stamped data in real-time to discover, interpret, and share new insights to gain a competitive edge. InfluxData is a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce. For more information, visit www.influxdata.com. We are building the next generation of InfluxDB, a high-performance time series database. This includes columnar storage, a DataFusion-based query engine, and data transformation pipelines. This team works alongside our platform team to build a distributed, cloud-native database that is highly available and scalable. We are seeking a highly skilled senior engineer with strong experience in both a systems programming language and in distributed systems or database systems. Our team is 100% distributed and remote, and we are looking for someone who is comfortable working with fast-moving requirements and a high degree of autonomy. On-call is required for this role. What you'll be working on Design and implement new features for InfluxDB 3. Current areas of ownership include Impor

- **Id**: 3884541
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/influxdata-senior-software-engineer-database>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: CA, GB, IT
- **Hiring countries total**: 3
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T18:49:38Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T23:58:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4347
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Log Management & Analytics, Databases & DBMS

## Company

- **Id**: 5560
- **Name**: InfluxData
- **Domain**: influxdata.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/influxdata>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary

- **Min**: 170000
- **Max**: 230000
- **Currency**: CAD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 164354

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **InfluxDB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **Time Series** — Optional: no
- **WebAssembly** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country
- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country
- **Italy** — Iso: IT; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T19:13:44Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 39
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T01:12:27Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 164354
- **Is top pay**: no

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