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LanceDB

Forward Deployed Engineer

LanceDB
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5 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior

Base Salary

$180k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead on-site and remote technical deployments of LanceDB with enterprise customers.
  • Write and maintain production-grade code in Rust and Python for customer integrations.
  • Contribute code upstream to LanceDB’s core repositories, including bug fixes and new features.
  • Capture and communicate structured product feedback from customer engagements.
  • Integrate LanceDB into existing data and AI infrastructure stacks.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex issues involving distributed systems.
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to translate customer requirements into platform capabilities.
  • Deliver technical deep dives, workshops, and proofs-of-concept for customer organizations.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of experience in a technical field or forward deployed engineering role.
  • Willingness to be on-site at customers daily in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • Proven experience with distributed, cloud-native databases or data platforms in production.
  • Strong proficiency in Rust and Python for writing performant systems code.
  • Familiarity with data infrastructure technologies like Apache Spark and Ray.
  • Experience integrating databases with data pipelines and ML workflows.
  • Ability to contribute directly to core product codebases.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts.
  • Strong customer-facing skills to work with technical leaders.

Tech Stack

Apache SparkAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonRustTerraform

Categories

AI & MLBackendData Engineering