StarRocks Database Engineer (Pune)

Database Engineer (DBE) – Enterprise Open-Source Support Location: Remote (India) Department: Engineering
- Open Source Database support Reports to: CTO / VP Engineering

About Deep.BI We provide enterprise support and consulting for open‑source analytics and data infrastructure platforms such as Apache Druid, Apache Flink, StarRocks and other emerging technologies.Our customers run mission‑critical, high‑volume systems and rely on us to keep them rapid, stable, and available. We’re a small, world-class expert, remote‑first team working across multiple time zones (US, Brazil, Europe, India, Philippines), supporting 100+ customer environments with SLAs ranging from advisory support to 24/7 incident coverage.

Role Overview As a Database Engineer (DBE), you will be the core L3/L4 technical expert responsible for solving the most complex database problems our customers face in production with an emphasis on supporting StarRocks clusters. You’ll dive deep into query optimization, ingestion pipelines, schema design, and HA/DR configuration — ensuring that large-scale analytical systems remain reliable, scalable, and performant.

While your primary focus is database internals and advanced troubleshooting, we value engineers with broader skills — knowledge of DevOps, Infrastructure, security or SRE Practices is highly appreciated and will make you even more impactful.

Key Responsibilities
- Advanced troubleshooting (L3/L4): Diagnose and resolve complex issues in StarRocks and other OLAP database clusters (performance Bottlenecks, ingestion failures, query regressions)
- Performance optimization: Tune queries, schemas, ingestion flows, and configs to maximize efficiency under high load.
- Architecture & design support: Work with Solution Architects to shape data models, indexing strategies, and HA/DR approaches.
- Incident resolution under 24/7 SLA: Comfortable debugging under SLA pressure and participating in on-call rotations. Act as the escalation point for production in Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.in/job/4lxkf6