Senior Software Engineer, Database (SmithDB)
Core
Design, optimize, and harden a distributed storage and query layer for AI observability and evaluation, scaling to trillions of agent traces.
Role type
Senior IC systems/database engineer
Builds
Distributed database services for agent observability data
Domain
AI infrastructure, distributed systems, storage systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Rust, systems programming, database internals, performance profiling, distributed systems, cloud object storage integration, Kubernetes
Preferred skills
Query engines, storage systems, indexing, compaction, async runtimes, networking, OS concepts
Technologies
Rust, Kubernetes, S3, GCS, Azure Blob
Responsibilities
Engineer performant Rust code for ingestion and query execution; Optimize for cost and speed using memory and CPU profiling; Integrate tightly with cloud object stores; Deploy distributed database services on Kubernetes; Contribute to observability for the storage engine
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC