Software Engineer — Systems & DBMS Platform (In-Person)

Chalk; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement savings

Daily lunch and dinner on us

Flexible Spending Account (FSA) / HSA

Generous PTO

Job summary

Chalk is hiring Software Engineers in New York to join an early team building a high-growth start-up. You will tackle challenging engineering problems with autonomy and ownership, focusing on systems engineering for an analytics platform.

The role requires in-person collaboration 5 days a week with direct interaction with Chalk’s co-founders. You will write in C++, Python, and Rust, and contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the query planning and execution engine while

Qualifications

• Graduation date Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, EECS, or related field.
• Strong working knowledge of computer science fundamentals.
• Comfort with leading development of new components and taking ownership of existing software.
• Experience implementing data infrastructure and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, ship, and maintain significant components of Chalk’s query planning and execution engine.
• Iterate rapidly to improve Chalk’s platform in response to customer needs.
• Write and work with C++, Python, and Rust.
• Collaborate with co-founders and engineering team to tackle hard problems in DBMS, compilers, and analytical data processing systems.

Skills

Systems engineering

Autonomy

Ownership

Distributed systems

Compilers

Query planners

Rust

Python

C++

Communication

Learning quickly

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or EECS

Tools

Rust

C++

Python

Job description

Chalk is hiring Software Engineers in New York to join an early team building a high-growth start-up. You will tackle challenging engineering problems with autonomy and ownership, focusing on systems engineering for an analytics platform.

The role requires in-person collaboration 5 days a week with direct interaction with Chalk’s co-founders. You will write in C++, Python, and Rust, and contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the query planning and execution engine while