Senior Open Source Engineer
LanceDBHQ
Posted October 25, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
LanceDB offers an open‑source, developer‑friendly database engineered for multimodal AI workloads. Its platform delivers hyper‑scalable vector search, advanced retrieval for Retrieval‑Augmented Generation, and real‑time streaming of training data. Users can also interactively explore large‑scale AI datasets, streamlining model training and deployment. By combining performance, flexibility, and community‑driven innovation, LanceDB stands as the premier foundation for building next‑generation AI applications.
Job Description
We're looking for a Senior Open Source Engineer to help expand the reach of Lance and LanceDB within the broader data infrastructure ecosystem.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience building high-performance databases, big data systems, or large-scale data services
- Deep understanding of internals of open-source Big Data or AI training systems
- Strong experience with high-performance computing in Java or Scala
- Experience with Rust (or willingness to learn it)
- Proven ability to move fast, work independently, and collaborate with a high-caliber team
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Equity
- Benefits
- Generous learning budget
- Support for open-source contributions
