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Global Unlimited PTO

  • Design and maintain the storage backend abstraction layer and transaction management system for Ditto's embedded database.
  • Implement and optimize storage backends like SQLite and RocksDB for resource-constrained devices.
  • Own reliability and performance of the storage layer, resolving bottlenecks and designing blob storage systems.

Rust C++

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