Software Engineer - Systems

Full-timeOn-site$200K-$275K/yr
San Franciscovia Spiral CareersPosted Jul 10, 2026
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Technical skills

RustData science

About Spiral

Spiral builds a fast analytical database for multimodal, multi-rate data streams, on top of the open source Vortex file format. Our users are AI/ML researchers and AI infra engineers developing models in complex domains, such as weather & climate, financial, time-series, genomics, point-clouds, videos, and images. They spend their days waiting on data loaders, writing video or sensor data pipelines, and watching expensive GPUs sit idle on I/O. We make that pain go away.

What we're looking for:

We’re looking for exceptional engineers with deep experience in low-level, high-performance software and cloud-scale storage systems.

  • 5+ years of experience writing high-quality production code
  • Strong foundation in operating systems and systems programming
  • Proven track record in performance engineering
  • Familiarity with tools like Apache Arrow, Parquet, DataFusion, Clickhouse, or DuckDB is a plus
  • Understanding of cutting-edge ML infrastructure stack (e.g. PyTorch, CUDA) is also a plus
  • Experience with Rust is a bonus
  • Willingness to work in-person at our NYC, SF, or London office

Before you apply

  • 1Which parts of your CV prove experience with Rust and Data science?
  • 2Which recent work examples would make your application stronger for this role?
  • 3What details from the original source listing should you confirm before applying?
  • 4Is the listed compensation clear enough, or should you ask about salary range, currency, and benefits?

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