Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Applications
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United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary176,000 - 237,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- PostgreSQLJavaKafkaClickhouseGoDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in backend or systems engineering with ownership of production-grade distributed systems in cloud environments.
- Strong proficiency in a backend language such as Go, Java, or similar, with the ability to work across large, complex codebases.
- Deep experience with distributed systems concepts including concurrency, scalability, consistency, fault tolerance, and failure recovery.
- Hands-on experience building and operating data pipelines and storage systems such as PostgreSQL, Kafka/Kinesis, S3-compatible storage, ClickHouse, or data warehousing platforms.
- Strong background in production operations, including observability, incident response, performance tuning, and on-call responsibilities.
- Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into clear technical designs and execution plans in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to write clear design documents and explain complex systems to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong sense of ownership, pragmatism, and a builder mindset focused on improving systems and developer experience over time.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of distributed backend systems supporting cloud application services, including namespace isolation, audit logging, and data export functionality.
- Architect and maintain high-throughput, reliable data pipelines ensuring correctness, scalability, and fault tolerance across operational and customer-facing systems.
- Define and enforce schema contracts, event models, and data quality standards to ensure trustworthy analytics and reporting.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into scalable technical designs and durable system implementations.
- Improve system observability, incident response, and operational readiness through tooling, monitoring, and reliability best practices.
- Drive engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, and the introduction of reusable patterns and architectural standards.
- Mentor engineers, support cross-team execution, and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
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