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Spice AI · 1 day ago

Principal Rust Software Engineer (Search & Database Engines)

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date2+ years exp

Spice AI is a company focused on simplifying the development of data-driven AI applications and agents. They are seeking a Principal Rust Software Engineer to lead the development of high-performance database engine features in their Spice.ai OSS and Cloud Platform.

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Responsibilities

Design and build high-performance database engine features in Spice.ai, Apache DataFusion, Arrow, Iceberg, 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
Contribute a bug fix or minor improvement to the Spice.ai OSS project
Ramp up and contribute meaningful improvements to the Spice.ai OSS project
Take technical and engineering ownership of an entire feature area
Propose and execute on aligned technical strategy going forward

Qualification

RustC/C++Database enginesDistributed systemsOpen-source contributionsApache infraCloud-native developmentHigh performance standardsCommunicationProblem solving

Required

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

Preferred

Ideally, experience contributing to open-source projects
Experience with Apache infra, CNCF-stack, or cloud-native development

Company

Spice AI

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Spice AI removes the complexity of building massive data infrastructure to help developers create the next generation of AI-driven apps.
dateFounded in 2021
location
Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://spice.ai

H1B Sponsorship

Spice AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2022 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$14.55M
Key Investors
Madrona
2022-09-07Seed· $13.5M
2021-10-14Pre Seed· $1.05M

Leadership Team

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Luke Kim
Founder and CEO
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Phillip LeBlanc
Co-Founder and CTO
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Recent News

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