Platform

Mixpeek; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Chroma is seeking a backend and infrastructure-focused engineer to help build and operate its developer cloud in a fast-moving AI ecosystem. The role emphasizes ownership of production-grade Python, Rust, or Go services and deep expertise in modern cloud-native tooling.

The candidate will design, deploy, and maintain high-availability systems using Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform/Pulumi), and observability stacks, while improving build, test, and deployment pipelines across major cloud providers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of writing and owning production Python, Rust, or Go services.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and continuously improve Chroma's developer cloud.
• Contribute to the design and operation of a reliable, scalable distributed system.
• Work with the backend and infrastructure teams to enhance deployment pipelines.

Skills

Python

Rust

Go

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Pulumi

Prometheus

Grafana

Jaeger

Honeycomb

Job description

What you'll do

Millions of AI developers will rely on Chroma's cloud service for their applications. We can't afford to deliver something that's just 'good enough'. The AI ecosystem is developing rapidly, and Chroma's service must support today's applications, while building towards tomorrow's.

Chroma's cloud service must be a well-designed distributed system, running at high reliability with high performance, and with a world-class developer experience.

As a member of Chroma's backend and infrastructure team you'll contribute to the design, operation, and continuous improvement of Chroma's developer cloud.

Who you are

• 4+ years of writing and owning production Python, Rust, or Go services.
• Experience with Kubernetes, with a deep understanding of both basic and more advanced concepts such as Custom Kubernetes Operators, CRDs, and Helm.
• Experience with IaaC tools such as Terraform, or Pulumi.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, or Honeycomb.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and operating build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience with production deployed distributed systems and databases.
• A passion for building and maintaining reliable, scalable, and performant systems.

Bonus

• You have a point-of-view on how to build, operate and maintain world-class infrastructure, and you are excited to share it with the world.

Interested in this role? We'd love to hear from you.