Distributed Systems Engineer - Scalable AI Data Plane

Chroma Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Chroma Inc. is seeking an experienced distributed-systems engineer to help scale our open source data plane and cloud platform in San Francisco. You will design and optimize the core of our storage, retrieval, and metadata components to support AI workloads at scale.

You will collaborate with Database Systems, Cloud Platform, and Product Engineering to deliver reliable, high-performance systems. Strong Rust/C++/Zig background and experience with data platforms are required.

Qualifications

• Experience building correct, performant, and reliable distributed systems at scale.
• Familiar with best practices in deploying and operating data platforms.
• Production experience in Rust, C++, Zig, or other system programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Scale retrieval systems within Chroma's distributed data plane.
• Ensure distributed systems are reliable, scalable, and performant.
• Collaborate with Database Systems, Cloud Platform, and Product Engineering teams to build scalable features.

Skills

Distributed systems

System programming (Rust/C++)

Data platform ops

Job description

Chroma Inc. is seeking an experienced distributed-systems engineer to help scale our open source data plane and cloud platform in San Francisco. You will design and optimize the core of our storage, retrieval, and metadata components to support AI workloads at scale.

You will collaborate with Database Systems, Cloud Platform, and Product Engineering to deliver reliable, high-performance systems. Strong Rust/C++/Zig background and experience with data platforms are required.