Member of Technical Staff (Rust, Search & Database Engines)

We’re looking for a Rust Software Engineer to lead database development in Spice.ai OSS. In this role, you’ll design and build high-performance database engine features in Spice.ai, Apache DataFusion, Apache Ballista, Arrow, Iceberg, Vortex, and duckdb-rs.

Who We Are Looking For

You are an exceptional engineer

You are a problem solver. You start customer problems and figure out how to solve them with technology

You think differently. You do not accept the status‑quo. You challenge the current model of the world and take leaps of faith to build it better for everyone

You are positive. Instead of focusing on limitations, you ask what’s possible.

You care about meaningful work. Your work is more than a job.

You are comfortable with ambiguity and unknowns, and in these situations, you lead by creating clarity.

You are passionate about high performance and have high standards

What We're Looking For

2+ years professional Rust experience or 5+ years 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

In this role, you'll

Work side‑by‑side with the founders as a leader and outstanding contributor in the Spice.ai open‑source project

Contribute to designing and building the Spice.ai Cloud Platform

Take ownership of initiatives to improve our offerings and deliver exceptional developer experiences

Work directly with enterprise customers and build with them to enable their scenarios

Your first 90-days

Your first week: contribute a bug fix or minor improvement to the Spice.ai OSS project

Your first month: ramp up and contribute meaningful improvements to the Spice.ai OSS project

30‑60 days: take technical and engineering ownership of an entire feature area

60‑90 days: propose and execute on aligned technical strategy going forward

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