Staff Rust Software Engineer (Search & Database Engines)

Spice AI is seeking a Staff Rust Software Engineer to lead database development in Spice.ai OSS. The ideal candidate will have exceptional engineering skills, problem-solving abilities, and experience in designing and building high-performance database and search engine features. They will work closely with the founders and contribute to designing and building the Spice.ai Cloud Platform, taking ownership of initiatives to improve offerings and deliver exceptional developer experiences.

Requirements

• 2+ years professional Rust experience or 5+ yrs professional C/C++ experience
• Experience in designing, implementing, scaling, and shipping production database-engines, distributed, and data systems
• A track record of strong design, architectural, engineering, and product decisions
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to ramp up quickly and hit the ground running
• Ideally, experience contributing to open-source projects
• Experience with Apache infra, CNCF-stack, or cloud-native development