Senior Staff Engineer

The role

You will be a company-level technical leader for InfluxDB 3.0. You will write production Rust code for the storage engine and set technical direction across multiple divisions.

What you will do

• Shape the long-term technical vision for the InfluxDB 3.0 product line.
• Partner with engineering leaders to shape product strategy and roadmap bets.
• Design and write production Rust for the storage engine.
• Drive work in distributed caching, reliability and performance.
• Contribute to cloud deployment discussions across AWS and Azure.
• Set engineering standards and best practice across multiple teams.
• Participate in the on-call rotation.
• Mentor staff and senior engineers.

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including several years at senior staff level or above.
• 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.

Nice to have

• An advanced degree in computer science or a related field
• 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

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance with 100% coverage for employees
• Company contribution to your FSA
• Flexible Time Off
• Life Insurance
• short term disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Wellness programs
• Annual professional development budget
• Financial planning and legal advice

Before you apply

• Interviews are typically conducted via Zoom.
• Some roles may require an in-person meeting with a team member as part of the final stage.

About the company

InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, a time series platform. It is a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce.