C Engineer - Bangalore/Pune

HCL Software is a division of HCL Technologies that develops and delivers a next-generation portfolio of enterprise-grade software-based offerings with flexible consumption models, spanning traditional on-premises software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and bundled managed services. We bring speed, insights and innovations (big and small) to create value for our customers in Dev Ops, Automation and Application Modernization software.

 We offer a position as  Senior Software Engineer [d/f/m] with the opportunity to work on a cutting-edge database management system (RDBMS/DBMS).

We are looking for team players who can work independently in a distributed team. Our focus is on high performance implementations; following an initial training period, this position demands personal knowledge, experience and judgement to accomplish. 
You will be part of the engineering team delivering our ActianX/Vector(MPP)  family of products, which are provided for a variety of OS distributions and are at the core of our fast growing Actian Data Platform service. 
Your responsibilities will cover design and implementation challenges of team and individual projects. You will be expected to drive and successfully complete and later maintain your supervised projects. 
As a professional Software Engineer you should have at least 5 years of work experience in a similar field, ideally DBMS development, and with a passion to learn and grow. 

The work location is our Center of Excellence in Bangalore, or Pune.

Key Responsibilities::
• Design, implementation and supervision of enhancements improving performance, stability and scalability of a high-performance data base management system 
• Create tests for and maintain the implemented functionality in our continuous integration management environment 
• Cooperation with our Support, Product Management, and Quality Assurance teams 
• Collaboration with partners and customers on product development and maintenance 
• Ability to work independently in a small, dynamic team

Essential Qualifications::
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or math or equivalent/higher degree 
• 5+ years of experiences in software development, e.g., due to advanced academic studies or in a commercial setting, ideally in database development
• Highly proficient programming skills [C family]
• Excellent algorithm-design skills 
• Very good knowledge of database concepts and technology, in particular SQL and relational algebra, and query optimization

Desired Skills::
• Experience in the areas of compilation techniques, compiler writing, language parsing, code generation and/or character sets
• Good knowledge of Linux [or Windows] operating systems [e.g. memory management, IO]
• Windows operating system knowledge on registry, installation processes and specific APIs is a strong plus, as well as Visual Studio compile and debug expertise
• Competent script programming skills [Python, Bash]
• Core database parser and optimizer experience

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.