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Low-Level Senior Software Engineer, Xet Storage - US Remote
Hugging FaceNew York, NY · Remote · Senior
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What this role is
This role involves building and operating the distributed storage infrastructure that powers Hugging Face's platform, handling massive amounts of machine learning data. It suits experienced systems engineers who enjoy low-level performance work and want to work on foundational infrastructure used by millions of AI practitioners.
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What they ask for
Required
- 8+ years building and scaling distributed systems, storage, or networking infrastructure
- Proficiency in a low-level systems language (Rust strongly preferred)
- Track record of working independently in high-trust, low-process environments
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving, async, fully remote environment
- Passion for building simple, robust, and scalable systems
Nice to have
- Experience designing efficient, high-performance, fault-tolerant data storage and retrieval systems
- Experience operating production systems with monitoring, alerting, and distributed debugging
- Familiarity with git internals, cloud infrastructure, databases, or networking