Software Engineer, VizQL
Kirkland, WA

Job Description

Tableau Software is a company on a mission. We help people see and understand their data. After a highly successful IPO in 2013, Tableau has become a market-defining company in the business intelligence industry. Our culture is casual and high-energy. We are passionate about our product and our mission and we are loyal to each other and our company. We value work/life balance, efficiency, simplicity, freakishly friendly customer service, and making a difference in the world!

What you'll be doing…

You'll be a strong contributorn a team whose mission is to develop, deliver, and support the components and services that power the core visual analytics capabilities of Tableau. You will work on the core C++ infrastructure that powers Tableau on the desktop and on server. These are the building blocks used by the rest of Tableau's engineers to produce innovative new analytics features. We are the "server" in "VizQL Server". We are passionate about satisfying our customer's needs for a fast and fluid experience with the product. We are also passionate about designing our analytics platform to meet the needs of a modern, scalable, and highly available service platform.

Some of the things you'll be doing include…

* Analyze performance behaviour, design and implement algorithms and features that improve performance, reduce bottlenecks, and optimize resource usage.


* Participate in the evolution of the system architecture and build components that plug in to multiple consumers.


* Use top-tier software engineering practices and principles.


* Work closely with teammates to set priorities and direction to ensure the team is having maximal customer impact.


* Work directly with customers and support to resolve critical customer performance issues.



Who you are…

* Experienced. You have 1+ years of professional software development experience. You have strong skills programming in modern C++ as well as one or more OO language such as C# or Java.


* Need for speed. You can analyze systems, find bottlenecks and leverage best practices to improve performance.


* Technical. You're fluent in commonly used design patterns and can constructively review the work of others to ensure high quality. You have a strong understanding of concurrency, asynchronous programming, and synchronization, as well as other low-level programming primitives.


* Passionate. You have a passion for solving complex problems, be they at work or in your spare time on your own projects. You do great work even when no one is watching. The drive to deliver is just a part of you.


* Relentlessly High Standards. You understand what it takes to write software that is used by thousands or millions of people. You love writing things that "just work" - things that are robust, scalable, and perform well. You thrill in your accomplishments but also know it's about doing and improving.


* A True Team Player. You enjoy collaborating, learning from and teaching others so we can all become better developers. You assume good intent in others, and actively do your part to make a positive work environment.


* You are a Recruiter! Tableau hires company builders and, in this role, you will be asked to be on the constant lookout for the best talent to bring onboard to help us continue to build one of the best companies in the world!



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Tableau Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Tableau Software is a company on a mission. We help people see and understand their data. After a highly successful IPO in 2013, Tableau has become a market-defining company in the business intelligence industry. Our culture is casual and high-energy. We are passionate about our product and our mission and we are loyal to each other and our company. We value work/life balance, efficiency, simplicity, freakishly friendly customer service, and making a difference in the world!