Senior Staff Engineer

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$240k–$290k

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Influxdata Senior Staff Engineer at Influxdata leads technical strategy and builds core components for InfluxDB 3.0 using Rust and Apache Arrow technologies. This role involves setting engineering standards, mentoring senior engineers, and influencing product architecture across multiple divisions.

Responsibilities

Set technical strategy
Help shape the long-term technical vision for the InfluxDB 3.0 product line and its place in the wider product portfolio.
Partner with the other engineering leaders to shape product strategy, roadmap bets and build-vs-buy decisions.
Identify the problems that matter most before they become urgent, and decide which ones not to solve.
Design and write production Rust for the storage engine: ingestion, compaction, columnar storage on object stores, caching and query execution with DataFusion.
Drive the hardest work in distributed caching, reliability and performance, from benchmarks to production.
Contribute to cloud deployment discussions across AWS and Azure.
Lead across the company
Set engineering standards and best practice adopted across multiple teams and divisions.
Participate in the on-call rotation and raise the bar for operational excellence.
Mentor staff and senior engineers, and grow the next generation of technical leaders.

Qualification

Deep hands-on Rust experienceExpertise in distributed cachingPublished talksInterview InformationOur interview process begins remotely

Required

15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including several years at senior staff level or above. An advanced degree in computer science or a related field is a plus; equivalent experience counts.
A track record of building and operating distributed systems at large scale.
Hands-on experience building on multiple cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, Azure) and object storage.
Deep hands-on Rust experience, or strong systems experience and a desire to master Rust.
Expertise in distributed caching, reliability and performance engineering.
Proven ability to set technical direction across multiple teams or divisions and influence executive decisions.
Clear written and verbal communication with engineers, executives and customers alike.

Preferred

Experience with time series or observability workloads at high ingest rates.
Experience running a database as a managed cloud service.
Published talks, papers or writing on databases or distributed systems.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Interview Information:
Our interview process begins remotely. Interviews are typically conducted via Zoom. To ensure every candidate can participate, please let us know if you are unable to access Zoom. Some roles may require an in-person meeting with a team member as part of the final stage.

Benefits

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Influxdata

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