We are looking for a highly motivated Senior C++ Storage Engineer to join Voltron Data’s team. On the team, you’ll have the opportunity to help support and grow the Voltron Data and Apache Arrow ecosystems. You will work closely with Voltron Data development teams to implement performant storage and I/O functions targeting a wide variety of networked, cloud, and local storage solutions.
Why work at Voltron Data?
- We are Going for Impact: We are a Series A, venture-backed startup assembling a global team to design next-generation data systems, creating a new foundation for data processing built on composable open standards, with Theseus, our GPU query engine for petabyte-scale ETL, harnessing the speed and efficiency of modern hardware.
- We are Committed to Bridging Open Source Communities: We are a collection of open source maintainers who have been driving open source ecosystems over the last 15 years, particularly in the C++, Python, and R programming ecosystems.
- We are Building a Diverse, Inclusive Company: We are creating a representative, equitable, and respectful workplace that prioritizes employee growth. Everyone at Voltron Data is bought into the company’s success; all voices are critical to shaping the organization’s future.
Below is a rough timeline of where you can expect to be at different points during your career path starting in this position.
- Spending time learning about the Apache Arrow memory layout, compute primitives, and APIs.
- Familiarizing yourself with the different partners for compute kernels and the query execution engine on Apache Arrow.
- Learning and embracing the Apache development process.
- Implementing new high-performance storage and I/O primitives.
- Benchmarking existing I/O library functions to determine where there are bottlenecks.
- Discovering and implementing optimizations in data reads and writes.
- Participating in peer code review of all PRs related to file storage and interacting with different filesystems.
- Contributing to technical discussions and technical design documents.
- Developing a comprehensive set of low level benchmarks for I/O functions targeting various local, networked and cloud storage technologies to enable monitoring for performance regressions.
- Ensuring that all filesystems interactions are compatible and performant across platforms (Linux, MacOS, and Windows).
- Identifying and building reusable software components to ensure a high quality and maintainable codebase.
- Analyzing I/O throughput in a massively parallel and distributed query engine to identify inefficiencies and crafting solutions to tackle those inefficiencies.
- Ensuring that the everything related to storage is built as high quality as possible, balancing performance, usability, and maintainability across the Voltron Data and Apache Arrow ecosystems.
- Strong experience developing in C++, especially using Modern C++.
- Experience developing and using various data lake storage technologies as: S3, Google Compute Storage, Azure Blob Storage.
- Building and using distributed networked file systems such as HDFS or Ceph.
- Experience working with technologies such as io_uring, DMA, RDMA, or GPUDirect Storage.
- Experience with different data storage file formats such as ORC, Parquet, and Avro.
- Experience with data lake table formats such as Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Hudi.
US Compensation - The salary range for this role is between $140,000 to $165,000. We have a global market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the exact base pay will vary based on factors such as actual work location, skills and experience of the candidate. This position is also eligible for additional incentives such as equity awards.
• Work from Anywhere - Payroll and Benefits in 150+ Countries
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement [USA Only]
• Home Office Budget
• Continuing Education Budget
Voltron Data is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
To All Agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Voltron Data outside of the Talent Acquisition team. Voltron Data's policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via the Voltron Data Agency Portal. Agencies must have a valid fee agreement in place and they must have been assigned the specific requisition to which they submit resumes, by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of Voltron Data and in the event a candidate is submitted outside of this policy is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid
What We Do
Voltron Data is a globally remote company focused on advancing the Apache Arrow Ecosystem. We believe in building more bridges across the ecosystem to accelerate efficient development of data tools.
