# Senior Staff Engineer at InfluxData

- Company: InfluxData
- What the company does: Backed by Battery, Norwest and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.influxdata.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote US
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $240K to $290K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-06
- Apply by: 2026-12-21
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Influxdata/fcb65380-7c27-45bf-9951-243783e0e7c3?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/influxdata-senior-staff-engineer/

## About the role

We're hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to be a company-level technical leader for InfluxDB 3.0, reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer. InfluxDB 3.0 is a fast, columnar, time series database backed by object storage, written from the ground up in Rust, using Apache Arrow, Arrow Flight, and DataFusion. You'll write code for the storage engine and shape where it goes next, while acting as a trusted voice on large-scale developer data platforms and engineering best practice. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including several years at senior staff level or above. An advanced degree in computer science or a related field is a plus, equivalent experience counts
- A track record of building and operating distributed systems at large scale
- Hands-on experience building on multiple cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, Azure) and object storage
- Deep hands-on Rust experience, or strong systems experience and a desire to master Rust
- Expertise in distributed caching, reliability and performance engineering
- Proven ability to set technical direction across multiple teams or divisions and influence executive decisions

Tags: Engineering

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