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Tokutek is hiring in Lexington, MA - Full Time - Technical Support Engineer

Tokutek delivers next generation storage technology for the database world. We develop the open-source, high-performance Fractal Tree indexing library (http://github.com/Tokutek/ft-index) and its integration into MySQL as TokuDB (http://tokutek.com/tokudb-for-mysql) and into MongoDB as TokuMX (http://tokutek.com/tokumx-for-mongodb).

http://tokutek.com/careers (the QA position has been filled and will be taken off this page soon)

We are looking for a full-time Technical Support Engineer to join our product development team. This position interacts directly with customers, troubleshooting issues and working closely with engineering to resolve bugs. Ideal candidates have 5+ years experience in software support and a background in databases. The position reports directly to the VP of Engineering.

Responsibilities

- Work with customers, community users, and evaluators to resolve issues

- Create issue reproducers for internal test/fix process

- Identify areas of needed improvement in product features, usability, and documentation

- Participate in our ongoing development process improvements (CI, release engineering, etc.)

Requirements

- Experience using/testing relational databases (SQL, architecture, schema), MySQL is a plus

- Ability to work independently in an entrepreneurial, start-up environment

- Comfortable in Linux (usage and scripting)

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Solid testing skills

Desirable

- Experience with MongoDB

- Application development skills (C, C++, Python, Perl, Java, Ruby, PHP)

Location: Lexington, MA




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