Hands-on Engineering Manager, Rust & Systems for Scalable DB

LangChain; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 215,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible vacation

Meals on in-office days

Job summary

LangChain is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the SmithDB team, focusing on building a storage and query layer for AI observability. This role involves writing production code, overseeing team health, and making architectural decisions while keeping technical expertise sharp.

The ideal candidate should have over 7 years of relevant experience, including Rust programming and operating distributed services on Kubernetes. Competitive compensation includes salary, equity, and benefits such as medical coverage and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in systems or database engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical lead or engineering management role.
• Production Rust experience with scale structuring opinions.
• Deep understanding of database or storage engine internals.

Responsibilities

• Write and review production Rust code across ingestion, query execution, and storage layers.
• Lead architectural decisions on storage format, compaction, indexing, and query planning.
• Drive performance investigations using memory and CPU profiling tools.

Skills

Systems engineering

Database engineering

Rust programming

Kubernetes

Performance analysis

Job description

LangChain is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the SmithDB team, focusing on building a storage and query layer for AI observability. This role involves writing production code, overseeing team health, and making architectural decisions while keeping technical expertise sharp.

The ideal candidate should have over 7 years of relevant experience, including Rust programming and operating distributed services on Kubernetes. Competitive compensation includes salary, equity, and benefits such as medical coverage and a 401(k) plan.