Senior Rust Software Engineer at Spice AI

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, AIIndustries

Requirements

  • At least 2 years professional experience with Rust or 3+ years professional experience in C/C++
  • Experience in designing, implementing, scaling and shipping production 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
  • Ideally experience contributing to open-source projects
  • Experience with Apache infra, CNCF-stack, and cloud-native development, and ideally with Rust/Golang
  • Exceptional engineer who is a problem solver, thinks differently, is positive, cares about meaningful work, is comfortable with ambiguity, and is passionate about high performance

Responsibilities

  • An outstanding contributor in the Spice.ai open-source project
  • Creating, designing, and building the distributed and data systems architecture of the Spice.ai Cloud Platform, our cloud systems, and spicerack.org
  • Take ownership and drive initiatives for improving the product
  • First month: ramp up and contribute improvements to the Spice.ai project
  • 30-60 days: contribute to weekly Spice.ai releases
  • 60-90 days: take technical and engineering ownership of an entire feature area

Skills

Rust
SQL
AI
Machine Learning
Databases
Distributed Systems
Cloud Platforms

Spice AI

Simplifies AI integration for developers

About Spice AI

Spice.ai simplifies the development of applications that use artificial intelligence. It provides tools that help developers easily integrate AI into their projects, making the process as simple as creating a web page. The company targets a wide range of developers, from individual programmers to large teams in tech companies, and aims to make AI technology accessible to everyone. Spice.ai offers both open-source tools that developers can use for free and a proprietary platform called Spice Cloud, which is in private preview and will offer advanced features for a subscription fee. This combination of open-source and paid services sets Spice.ai apart from competitors, as it fosters community involvement while also providing premium support. The goal of Spice.ai is to enhance the quality of life through better technology by making it easier for developers to create intelligent applications.

Seattle, WashingtonHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$14.1MTotal Funding
SEEDCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
11-50Employees

Risks

Increased competition from established AI platforms like TensorFlow and PyTorch.
Challenges in scaling Spice Cloud to meet growing user demands.
Rapid AI advancements may outpace Spice AI's development capabilities.

Differentiation

Founded by ex-Microsoft and GitHub engineers with 20 years of cloud computing experience.
Spice AI combines open-source community engagement with a revenue-generating cloud platform.
Focuses on making AI development as easy as creating a modern web page.

Upsides

Raised $14.6M in new equity to expand and accelerate product development.
Increased demand for AI tools as more companies integrate AI into products.
Growing trend of AI democratization aligns with Spice AI's mission.

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