Senior Software Engineer – Foundational Data Systems for AI

We’re building the infrastructure for a new kind of intelligence: one that is structured, efficient, and deeply integrated with data. Our systems operate at exabyte scale, processing petabytes of data each day for some of the world’s most prominent enterprises in finance, technology, and industry.

Requirements

  • Depth in distributed systems: consensus, partitioning, replication, fault tolerance.
  • Experience with columnar formats such as Parquet or ORC and low-level encoding strategies.
  • Understanding of metadata-driven architectures and adaptive query planning.
  • Production experience with Spark, Flink, or custom distributed engines on cloud object storage.
  • Proficiency in Java, Rust, Go, or C++ with an emphasis on clarity and quality.
  • Curiosity about theory of the mathematics of compression, entropy, and learning efficiency.
  • A builder’s mindset: pragmatic, rigorous, and grounded in long-term systems thinking.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Meaningful equity
  • Substantial bonus for top performers
  • Flexible time off
  • Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
  • Support for research, publication, and deep technical exploration

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