As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Contribute to Spice.ai OSS - https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai
• Design and implement databases, big data, distributed, blockchain, and machine learning systems using modern tech stacks in Rust, Golang, and Python.
• Build high-performance and scalable data and machine learning architecture to meet the evolution and needs of a rapidly growing platform. 
• Grow your career with a team of experienced engineers, using the latest technologies like Apache DataFusion, Apache Arrow, and DuckDB, to create the modern data and AI platform for developers. 

Who we are looking for:

• You are one of the smartest people you know.
• You are passionate about building amazing developer experiences. You start with a customer-obsessed product experience, and then figure out how to enable that 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 and changing the world. 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 are looking for:

• 1+ years professional Rust experience or 3+ yrs professional C/C++ experience.
• Experience in designing, implementing, scaling and shipping production distributed and data systems.
• Experience with Apache infra, CNCF-stack, and cloud-native development, and ideally with Rust/Golang.
• A track record of good 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.

Your First 90 Days:

• Days 0-30: ramp up and contribute improvements to Spice.ai OSS and the Spice.ai Cloud Platform.
• Days 31-60: co-design and implement a major feature.
• Days 61-90: take technical and engineering ownership of a major initiative or area.