Junior Software Enginner (Part Time)

Responsibilities

  • PG-Strom development assistant
    • PG-Strom is an extension module of PostgreSQL to accelerate large scale data processing. We expect you to contribute the following tasks in this position.
    • Validation of PG-Strom on various platforms, and performance analysis
    • Development of PG-Strom test cases using PostgreSQL's regression test
    • Trouble analysis: reproduction and investigation of the reported troubles
    • Documentation: production manual, knowledge base, and its translations
  • Features proposition to PostgreSQL
    • Proposition of new features to implement PG-Strom for PostgreSQL developer's community.
    • Example: Truncate support at foreign tables, Partition-wise JOIN support, and so on...
  • What you can learn through the position
    • The internal, trouble analysis, and performance analysis of PostgreSQL/PG-Strom, and way to develop its extension modules.
    • Trouble analysis, performance analysis of Linux system, and way to administrate servers.
    • Contribution to OSS developer community.

What we're Looking For

  • Required
    • Extensive knowledge of computer science at graduation of computer science faculty, or equivalent
    • Familiar with the overview, general operations and system administrations of Linux operating system.
    • Familiar with the overview, general operations and system administrations of PostgreSQL database system.
    • Familiar with system programming at C-language.
    • Reading and writing documentations in English, and communications with foreigners over e-mail
  • Preferred
    • reading and writing documentations in Japanese, and verbal communication skil.
    • experience in GPU programming by CUDA C/OpenCL.
    • experience of patch submission to OSS developers community, and discussions for upstream.

How to apply

  • Send your resume to contact@heterodbcom.
  • In addition to your background, skills and professionals, please write down the following items, if any.
    • SNS account (github, twitter, facebook, ...)
    • Contributions to major open source projects (Linux kernel, PostgreSQL, ...)
    • Graduation of IPA Mitoh Project, or security camp.
    • Presentations at international/domestic conferences, or publication of papers in academic journals
  • Next to the documentary screening, we will have an oral interview on web conference system.
  • Please don't apply if you or your family are a member of antisocial organization.

Salary and terms

  • Salary: 2,000-3,000JPY/hour (payment at month-end)
    • to be determined depending on skill and experience
  • Working time: up to 40 Hours/month
  • Location: full remote, or our Gotenyama office on your demand.
  • Employment type: part-time, limited term employment (3 monthes, renewable)
  • Number of this position: 1
  • Misc terms:
    • HeteroDB provide a server environment for development, however, use your own client-PC and network environment on remote works.