Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform
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Based in the United StatesFull-TimeSenior
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- PythonGoDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building and operating large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems.
- Strong programming experience in Golang or Python, with a focus on clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Proven experience designing and scaling API platforms and backend services in high-traffic environments.
- Deep understanding of distributed system principles, including reliability, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Experience with media delivery systems or optimizing content delivery pipelines is highly desirable.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in remote, cross-functional teams.
- Ability to translate complex technical challenges into practical engineering solutions.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership within a team environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable backend services and API platforms that support listings, posts, comments, media, and other core data models.
- Build and maintain highly reliable distributed systems capable of handling hundreds of thousands of requests per second with 99.999% availability.
- Contribute to the evolution of a large-scale media delivery and optimization platform, improving performance and user experience globally.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers, helping elevate code quality, system design capabilities, and engineering best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define architecture, roadmap priorities, and technical solutions for scaling core infrastructure.
- Continuously improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability through testing, observability, and clean engineering practices.
- Partner with engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and optimize API and media delivery pipelines across the stack.
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