About this Senior Software Engineer role at Alluxio
Alluxio · Hybrid · Foster City, California
About 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, Alluxio’s 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 Berkeley’s 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.
The Role
We’re looking for experienced distributed-systems engineers to join our Core Product team and advance the next generation of Alluxio’s data-orchestration engine - the foundation for AI and analytics at global scale.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll 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 Alluxio’s 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.
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What You’ll Do
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Why Alluxio?
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 base salary range for this full-time position in the United States is $190,000 - $260,000 depending on experience and level, subject to standard withholding and applicable taxes. All candidates will also receive equity (stock options) and access to a comprehensive benefits package. The base salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for candidates across all US locations. The specific compensation awarded will be based on factors such as work location, skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Our Recruiting Team or Hiring Manager will provide more details about the specific salary range during the recruitment process.
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