Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems (Core)

This is a remote role based in the United States.Full-TimeStaff

Salary180,000 - 320,000 USD per year

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Have at least 7 years of backend software engineering experience.
Bring deep expertise in distributed systems and systems design.
Have experience building and scaling complex backend systems, including data syncing engines that process terabytes of data daily.
Have production experience with Kafka, SQL databases, Kubernetes, Docker, and message queues.
Understand streaming and batch processing frameworks such as Spark and Flink.
Have experience working close to the infrastructure layer.
Have experience building event collection or data streaming services that support critical systems.
Have a track record of scaling systems through substantial growth.
Have experience working at high-velocity startups, ideally across Series A through Series E stages.
Bring strong computer science fundamentals, communication skills, and ability to learn quickly.

Lead projects from initial design through production with significant autonomy.
Build and optimize the data syncing engine to move large volumes of data efficiently.
Implement streaming capabilities for real-time syncing from webhooks and message queues.
Find performance bottlenecks and design systems that can scale through substantial growth.
Improve low-latency APIs and develop caching layers to meet performance goals.
Extend multi-region and multi-cloud infrastructure to support data residency needs.

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