Senior Staff Software Engineer, Voltron Data
Enterprise support for Apache Arrow
Open for applications
Enterprise support for Apache Arrow
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To bring the best of open-source together and build bridges across the data analytics ecosystem with Apache Arrow.
Role
Who you are
- Proven track record as a senior IC working on modern compilers, databases, query engines, or similar systems
- Strong background in systems programming (C++, Rust, Go); bonus for GPU computing or LLVM knowledge
- Experience with Arrow, Parquet, Substrait, Velox, or similar ecosystems
- Familiarity with vectorized query execution, columnar formats, or memory management optimization
- Comfortable balancing bleeding-edge innovation with pragmatic engineering
Desirable
- Contributions to open-source projects (especially Apache Arrow, Substrait, etc.)
- Experience in data interoperability standards and cross-language system design
- Prior work in startup or high-growth environments where speed and rigor coexist
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to push the boundaries of data infrastructure and lead the development of high-performance, distributed, and scalable systems
- Design, build, and optimize core components of our Arrow-native query engine (Theseus), contributing to performance-critical data systems
- Drive architectural decisions across C++, Arrow, Substrait, and related open standards
- Collaborate with compiler, systems, and GPU engineers to accelerate workloads across heterogeneous compute environments (CPU, GPU, etc.)
- Own end-to-end feature delivery—from research to design to implementation to optimization
- Lead RFCs and technical strategy in the open-source ecosystem (Arrow, Substrait, etc.), with a strong public footprint
- Mentor other ICs across teams; serve as a technical multiplier without needing to manage people
Our take
Voltron Data offers enterprise support to companies using the increasingly popular open source Apache Arrow software development platform. Its flagship service is designed specifically for companies that wish to leverage the power of Apache Arrow, but are unable or unwilling to handle the intricacies of Arrow.
The strong links to Apache Arrow are easy to explain, as co-founders Wes McKinney and Joshua Patterson were heavily involved in the creation and rise in popularity of the Apache Arrow project. In a way, a major part of Voltron Data’s remit is to promote the software development platform, while making it more palatable and user-friendly for customers.
With the likes of Google and Microsoft now adopting Apache Arrow into their own projects, Voltron Data has been able to attract incredible amounts of investment, despite only launching its first commercial product in early 2022. Voltron Data has focused on growing all aspects of its team and acquired real-time AI platform startup Claypot AI in 2024, indicating that it's maintaining its momentum.
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Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2022
$88m
SERIES A
Feb 2022
$22m
SEED
Total funding: $110m
Company benefits
- Work from Anywhere - Payroll and Benefits in 150+ Countries
- Unlimited PTO
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Retirement [USA Only]
- Home Office Budget
- Continuing Education Budget
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Joshua Patterson
(CEO)Former Data Science Principal at Accenture Technology Labs, former Senior Director for Rapids.ai, an end to end platform for accelerating data science on NVIDIA GPU.
Wes McKinney
(Senior Advisor)Before co-founding Voltron Data, they were a part of the Project Management Committee for the creation of the Apache Arrow project. Creator of the Python pandas project, which made Python the go-to language for data science, machine learning and AI.
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