Cloud Software Engineer, Database

Job overview

The Cloud Software Engineer, Database role is onsite in Irvine, CA. Compensation is not specified; the posting lists the salary range as TBD. TP-Link Systems develops networking devices and smart home products, including Wi-Fi devices, to provide reliable connectivity. The engineer builds and evolves cloud-native storage platforms for distributed databases and large-scale data services. The role develops reusable infrastructure, automation, and performance capabilities in collaboration with database, application, SRE, architecture, and platform teams.

What you'll do

• Design and evolve cloud-native infrastructure storage platforms
• develop scalable storage capabilities for data placement, sharding, replication, indexing, compaction, compression, validation, backup, and recovery
• integrate and extend open-source database and storage technologies
• automate provisioning, configuration, CI/CD, observability, and operational workflows using Terraform, Ansible, Go, and Python
• build reusable platform components
• collaborate with DBAs on requirements and storage-layer design
• optimize performance across storage engines, I/O, networking, scheduling, and data processing
• develop diagnostics and automation
• collaborate across engineering and platform teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

cloud software engineer

database

irvine ca

cloud-native infrastructure

distributed systems

storage platforms

ansible

terraform

go

python

kubernetes preferred

tp-link systems

401(k)

medical, dental, and vision insurance

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Free snacks and drinks
• fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance with partial dependent coverage
• 401(k) contributions
• biannual reviews and annual pay increases
• free gym membership
• quarterly team-building events.

Why this role

Bachelor’s degree or above and 3+ years of relevant experience required; hands-on Ansible automation experience required; no visa sponsorship.

About the employer

TP-Link Systems Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing. Sector: 33.