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expression of interest

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Strong writing skills to explain complex ideas simply
  • Ability to build trust and admit when unsure
  • Methodical problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Express interest in various roles
  • Share area of expertise
  • Provide evidence of exceptional skill or achievement

Key facts

  • Remote from: Anywhere
  • Full time
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Writing
  • Problem Solving
  • Relationship Building

About the company

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turbopuffer

  • Developer Tools & Platforms
  • 11–50
turbopuffer is a fast search engine that combines vector and full-text search using object storage, making all your data easily searchable. Using only object storage for state and NVMe SSD with memory cache for compute, turbopuffer scales horizontally to handle billions of documents. The system caches only actively searched data while keeping the rest in low-cost object storage, offering competitive pricing. Cold queries process 1 million vectors in 500ms (p90), while warm queries take just 20ms (p50). This architecture means it's as fast as in-memory search engines when cached, but far cheaper to run. Storing data in cache and object storage costs less than traditional replicated disk systems, even for frequently accessed data.

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Job description

interested in joining us, but not seeing the right role? we want to hear from you!

turbopuffer is always looking for people who are exceptional at what they do, who get obsessive about what they're building, and thrive on intensity (while not taking themselves too seriously). if this sounds like you, drop us a note. let us know the area you excel in, and what makes you p99.


you might be p99 if you've done something like:

  • shipped open source projects, a database, a search engine, or infra that real people use

  • founded a company, or built a product from zero to production

  • won a serious competition in coding, math, or engineering

  • played competitive sports

  • reached the highest level with a musical instrument

  • achieved a high level of mastery in chess, or strategy games

must have:

  • typist: you can write well and simply explain complex ideas

  • human: you build trust and admit what you don't know

  • systematic: you methodically work through problems until you've found the root cause

tpuf is hardcore & whimsical. we value:

  • overstep > understep

  • show > tell

  • complexity is earned

  • showing up as part of our customer’s team

  • making stuff easy to react to

we review submission on an ongoing basis, and keep them on file. we'll reach out if we have a position open up that might be a match!

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