# Staff Software Engineer, Ray Data

**Company:** [Anyscale](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anyscale)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $240k – $270k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, Ray Data, Distributed Systems, Distributed Execution, Scheduling, Resource Management, Data Partitioning, Fault Tolerance, Performance Optimization, Database Internals, Query Engines, Batch Processing, Streaming Processing, AI Infrastructure
**Posted:** 2026-09-09

> Staff Software Engineer responsible for designing and scaling Ray Data’s distributed data-processing infrastructure for large-scale AI training and inference. Requires 6+ years of production software and architectural ownership experience, plus deep distributed-systems expertise and strong Python skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and improve the core systems powering Ray Data, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Design and optimize distributed execution across data-pipeline stages in heterogeneous environments.
- Build data-loading and processing solutions for production training and inference workloads.
- Solve problems involving distributed execution, scheduling, resource management, data partitioning, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
- Make system-level architectural decisions across resource allocation, execution models, batch versus streaming workloads, and consistency versus availability.
- Work with customers and AI-native companies to address challenges in scaling AI workloads.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of experience building production-grade software, infrastructure, or developer-facing systems.
- Strong Python engineering experience.
- 6+ years personally owning core architectural decisions within a distributed data or compute engine.
- Deep experience with distributed-systems internals, including scheduling, fault tolerance, data partitioning, distributed execution, performance optimization, or database and query-engine internals.
- Demonstrated ability to reason through system-level tradeoffs and defend architectural decisions.
- Passion for large-scale AI infrastructure.

## Compensation and Benefits
- $240,000–$270,000 annual salary.
- Equity and health, dental, and vision coverage, with many plans up to 99% employer-covered.
- Flexible time off, paid parental leave, and mental health support.

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