Staff Infrastructure Engineer
Espresso · New York Office
About this role
## About Espresso AI Espresso AI’s mission is to use machine learning to automate performance engineering. Today, we help customers reduce **Snowflake and Databricks SQL compute costs by up to 70%**, unlocking major efficiency gains without requiring workflow changes. We’re a well-funded, early-stage startup scaling quickly. ## About the Role As a **Staff Infrastructure Engineer**, you’ll design and build the distributed systems that power Espresso’s optimization engine. You’ll work across: - Real-time scheduling - Workload execution - Performance analysis - Internal compute environments to safely and efficiently offload warehouse workloads You’ll own major architectural components, drive reliability and performance improvements, and collaborate closely with founders and engineering on long-term technical direction. ## What You’ll Work On - Design, build, and scale Espresso’s distributed execution and scheduling systems - Develop internal compute environments to safely offload workloads from Snowflake and Databricks - Implement compiler-style analysis and optimization of SQL workloads - Build infrastructure and data pipelines supporting ML modeling and product features - Improve performance, reliability, and observability across the platform - Influence architectural decisions and contribute to engineering strategy as an early team member - Mentor junior engineers as the team scales ## What You Bring - **7+ years** software engineering experience - Strong fundamentals in systems design, performance engineering, and debugging - Ability to own complex technical projects end-to-end - Comfort operating across a broad range of infrastructure challenges ## Nice to Haves - Experience at small startups - Background in data warehouse cost optimization - Experience with workload orchestration, query execution, scheduling, or runtime systems - Exposure to SQL optimization - Experience with software verification ## What We Offer - Competitive salary and meaningful equity based on final leveling - **$225,000–$300,000 Base Pay + Equity** - Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise) - Health, dental, and vision insurance - 401(k) with 4% match - Free salads & gym membership
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