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

Rust Software Engineer
We’re looking for a Rust Software Engineer to lead database development in Spice.ai open-source and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

Design and build high-performance database engine features in Spice.ai, Apache DataFusion, Apache Ballista, Arrow, Iceberg, Vortex, and duckdb-rs.

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.

Lead technical and engineering ownership of feature areas over time.

Deliver bug fixes and improvements early in the onboarding process.

Qualifications

Exceptional engineering background with 2+ years of professional Rust experience or 5+ years of professional C/C++ experience.

Proven experience designing, implementing, scaling, and shipping production database engines and distributed data systems.

Track record of strong design, architectural, engineering, and product decisions.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to ramp up quickly and hit the ground running.

Passion for high performance and high standards.

Experience contributing to open‑source projects.

Familiarity with Apache infrastructure, the CNCF stack, or cloud‑native development.

Comfortable with ambiguity and unknowns, leading by creating clarity.

Positive mindset that focuses on possibility rather than limitations.

A mindset that values meaningful work and pushes beyond the status quo.

Problem‑solving approach that starts with customer problems and builds technology solutions.

Timeline of Early Contributions

First week: Contribute a bug fix or minor improvement to the Spice.ai OSS project.

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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