Amsterdam Polars is the next generation of DataFrames. We don’t take the easy route and build from the ground up, controlling every element allows us to create a superior solution. Our open-source implementation is one of the fastest growing data projects on GitHub and has over 26 thousand stars and 39 million downloads to date.
We believe data processing should be a seamless experience from working locally on your development machine to an enterprise production environment. There should be one framework to learn for data practitioners, removing the need for rewriting code when going to production.
How will you make an impact?
As a database engineer, you actively work on our DataFrame query engine. Together with the core team and a vibrant open source community, you shape the future of our API and its implementation. In your work, you’ll identify important areas with the highest community impact and start designing and implementing. Example areas include, but our not limited to query optimization, storage I/O, Polars type system and compute kernels. You love solving problems that squeeze every bit of performance out of all cores. You are passionate about clean idiomatic code and understand the benefits of (performance) tests.
Job requirements
- Experience in Rust or a similar systems programming language (c / c++)
- Strong experience with data structures, algorithms, concurrency & multi-threading
- Experience with the internals of database systems/query engines
- Fluency in English
- [Preferred] Experience working with data formats (Arrow, Parquet, Delta) and storage layers (S3, Azure Blob, GCP)
Currently, we aren't able to accommodate remote work, and we're seeking applicants who are already based in the Netherlands.
Benefits
- An important role in a high-growth startup allowing plenty of growth opportunities in diverse directions
- Chance to work with and learn from a small strong technical team passionate about data processing and software engineering
- Competitive salary
- Stock option package
- Flexible working hours