Member of Technical Staff

Chroma logo Chroma · San Francisco, CA

No salary listed. Estimated from 259 salary-disclosed Research roles on this board: $235K–$325K (interquartile range; estimate, not the employer's figure).

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About the role

Retrieval is the data infrastructure for AI and a critical component in this new software development stack.

Chroma proudly serves as the leading retrieval solution, trusted and loved by developers around the world.

We’re still in the pre-history of AI. We’re looking for curious people who are dedicated to becoming world-class at their craft to join our team.

There is a lot of important work to do. Join us.

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how it's scored

Capital freshness9/35

Hiring velocity3/30

Comp transparency0/20

Workplace rating7/15

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18Mtotal raised

Earlystage

1-50team size

San FranciscoHQ

Company signals

Popular open-source vector DB; no new funding round reported since the 2023 seed.

From our researched company data; see the Chroma page for the full read

Chroma in the news

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What this job is probably like day to day

Reading, experiments, writing: training runs, ablations, internal demos. Progress is bursty; long feedback loops punctuated by big unlocks. Early stage on top of that: broad ownership, thin process, founders in your standup, adjacent hats weekly.

Indicative read from role type + company stage, not insider info

About Chroma

Early · 1-50 · San Francisco

Founders: Jeff Huber (co-founder & CEO, founded Chroma 2022) · Anton Troynikov (co-founder, founded Chroma 2022)

Backed by: Quiet Capital

Full profile on the Chroma page

Culture read

Small team: high trust, high variance, nowhere to hide.

Indicative read from public signals, not insider info

How to actually get hired here

Referrals massively outperform cold applications: check who you know at Chroma with the warm-intro button before applying.

Walk in current: reference what is actually happening at Chroma (e.g. "Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP: Plug-and-play studio-quality sound, with no s") in your note or interview; most applicants will not have.

Know the DNA: Chroma was founded by Jeff Huber (co-founder & CEO, founded Chroma 2022); expect that background to shape what "good" looks like here.

Built from our researched data on Chroma, not generic advice