You'll need to have:

•  5 years of experience programming in C
•  Experience using existing RDBMS systems, with a working understanding of SQL and database internals
•  Knowledge of Linux development tools such as debuggers, profilers and tracing utilities
•  Hands on multithreading experience with Pthreads
• Excellent problem solving and multitasking skills, with a logical and pragmatic attitude

We'd love to see:

• Experience building database engines
• An understanding of the issues surrounding logging, recovery and replication in a database environment
• Network programming experience
•  An understanding of operating system interfaces and internals