Forward Deployed Engineer

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at LanceDB, you will operate at the intersection of deep systems engineering and direct customer engagement. You will work hands-on with strategic customers in the Bay Area to design, deploy, and scale LanceDB in demanding production environments.

Requirements

• Proven experience building, deploying, or operating distributed, cloud-native databases or data platforms in production.
• Strong proficiency in Rust and Python, with a demonstrated ability to write performant, maintainable systems code.
• Hands-on familiarity with data infrastructure technologies such as Apache Spark, Ray, or similar distributed compute and data processing frameworks.
• Experience integrating databases with batch and streaming data pipelines, ML workflows, or large-scale analytics systems.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute directly to core product codebases, not just customer-specific glue or scripts.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts including sharding, replication, consistency, concurrency, and failure handling.
• Strong customer-facing skills, with the ability to work directly with engineers, architects, and technical leaders to drive solutions from concept to production.