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Staff Software Engineer – Strategic Projects Location: Chennai, India 🚀 Why Exasol? Why Now? At Exasol, we believe that speed is the key to turning data into impact. Our in-memory, massively parallel processing (MPP) database is one of the fastest in the world, built from the ground up for analytics at scale. We help financial institutions, retailers, governments, and defense organizations make better decisions faster, by turning complex data into actionable insights in seconds, not hours. This is a pivotal moment for Exasol. As we double down on our growth in Germany and across Europe, we are building a commercial team that thrives on curiosity, grit, and action. And it starts with you, our next Business Development Representative. 💼 Overview We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer (Strategic Projects) to work on high-impact, cross-functional initiatives spanning Exasol’s core database engine, data ingestion and integrations, platform capabilities, and future-focused innovation areas. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working on complex, performance-sensitive systems and can navigate ambiguous problem spaces when required, including technical research and rapid prototyping, while also delivering production-grade software. You will collaborate closely with engineers, architects, and product stakeholders across teams to shape and execute strategic initiatives. As part of this role, you will have the opportunity to be an early member of a growing strategic engineering group in Chennai, helping build deep product and platform expertise locally while influencing Exasol’s global technical direction. 🎯 Responsibilities Lead and contribute to strategic engineering initiatives across core database functionality, data ingestion, connectors, integrations, and platform components Perform technical research, evaluation, and prototyping to explore new ideas, architectures, and technologies, and assess their feasibility, performance, and impact Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable software, taking exploratory work through to production readiness Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams to align on architecture, manage product development dependencies, and drive cross-team execution Take ownership of complex problem areas and translate high-level goals into clear technical designs and deliverables Contribute to initiatives that may span on-prem, cloud, or hybrid environments, considering performance, scalability, and operational constraints Stay updated with the latest advancements in database technologies and development methodologies, and actively contribute to building a strong product and platform competency knowledge base within the Chennai development center ✅ Required Qualifications 8+ years of experience as a software engineer working on complex, backend, or system-level software Strong proficiency in C++ or Python, with solid expertise in multithreading, data structures, performance optimization techniques, and algorithmic optimization; experience with Rust or other modern systems programming languages is a plus Hands-on experience building and maintaining high-performance, scalable systems, preferably in data-intensive or platform-oriented environments Good understanding of software architecture, system design, and engineering trade-offs Prior exposure to database internals, such as SQL compilers, query optimizers, execution engines, or storage subsystems, is highly desirable Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and an understanding of how large-scale systems behave in cloud or hybrid environments is a plus Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and work on problems that span multiple components and technical domains 💡 Preferred Qualifications Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals, including POSIX concepts (processes, memory, sockets, IPC), and experience de