Senior Software Engineer Xet Storage
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Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
New York City, United States
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About Hugging Face, Inc.
Hugging Face, Inc. is a Delaware corporation operating the Hugging Face Hub, open-source ML libraries, hosted inference, managed deployment, and enterprise services.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop high-performance systems software for Xet Storage. You will contribute to Rust and Python tooling, design and operate backend storage features, and help ensure reliable, scalable services.
Requirements
- 8+ years building and scaling distributed systems, storage, or networking infrastructure
- Proficiency in a low-level systems language, with Rust strongly preferred
- Experience working independently and taking end-to-end ownership
- Comfort working asynchronously in a fully remote environment
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the xet-core open-source project and hf-xet library
- Design, build, and operate Xet Storage backend features
- Build high-performance and scalable systems software
Benefits
- Conference, training, and education reimbursement
- Flexible working hours
- Remote work options
- Health, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents
- Parental leave
- Flexible paid time off
- Workstation equipment
- Company equity