Staff Software Engineer in Foster City, California at Alluxio

Alluxio powers the data layer for modern AI and analytics. Proven in production at eight of the top ten internet companies and seven of the ten highest-valued enterprises globally, Alluxios data orchestration platform unifies data across storage systems, regions, and clouds providing a high-performance distributed caching layer built for large-scale AI workloads.

Spun out of UC Berkeleys AMPLab by the creators of Tachyon and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Hillhouse Capital, and Seven Seas Partners, Alluxio sits at the intersection of data, distributed systems, and AI infrastructure.

Our technology is deployed at scale by organizations such as Meta, Uber, Tencent, TikTok, Alibaba, Expedia, Rakuten, Microsoft, and Walmart, orchestrating data for billions of operations per day. Learn more at alluxio.io or on Wikipedia.

Were looking for experienced distributed-systems engineers to join our Core Product team and advance the next generation of Alluxios data-orchestration engine - the foundation for AI and analytics at global scale.

As a Staff Software Engineer, youll work on high-impact systems problems such as:

1. Optimizing metadata management, caching, and replication across thousands of nodes.

2. Designing concurrent, fault-tolerant services for multi-region and multi-cloud environments.

3. Evolving Alluxios storage abstraction and scheduling layer to support large-scale AI/ML data pipelines.

4. Collaborating with internal product teams to push the limits of distributed I/O performance.

This is a hands-on, architecture-plus-implementation role for engineers who love deep systems work and want visible impact in a small, senior, highly technical team.

Alluxio is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.

The salary range for this US full-time position is $240,000-$315,000, depending on experience, and subject to standard withholding and applicable taxes. All candidates receive generous equity (stock options) and access to a comprehensive benefits offering. The base salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for candidates across all US locations. Work location, skills, experience, and any relevant education or training determine the compensation awarded to the candidate. The Recruiting Team or Hiring Manager can share more about the specific salary range with you during the recruitment process.