| Software Engineer, Distributed Systems (Core) |

 

 

 

Role Title: Software Engineer – Distributed Systems (Core)
Location: Remote (North America)
Company Stage of Funding: Series B
Office Type: Fully Remote
Salary: $170,000 – $260,000 + Equity

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Company Description

We’re recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing, venture-backed Series B startup that's redefining how modern businesses activate and move data. Their platform empowers organizations to seamlessly sync data from warehouses to operational systems—removing complexity and accelerating growth.

With $90M+ in funding and a team of 100+ employees, the company serves a global customer base across a highly scalable, multi-cloud infrastructure. They're now seeking experienced distributed systems engineers to join one of their most critical teams.

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What You Will Do

Join the Core Engineering Team—the backbone of the company’s data syncing infrastructure. This team builds the systems responsible for scheduling, planning, and executing massive amounts of data transfers at scale.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain core distributed systems that power real-time and batch data syncing

• Optimize performance and ensure reliability, scalability, and observability of the core infrastructure

• Contribute to architectural decisions and system design that impact cross-team engineering and customer success

• Troubleshoot complex, high-impact issues in production across multi-cloud and multi-region deployments

• Collaborate closely with other engineering teams to enable innovative product features built on top of the core engine

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Ideal Candidate Background

We’re looking for engineers with deep experience building robust, scalable distributed systems—those who thrive on solving complex problems in performance and reliability.

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, particularly on backend/distributed systems

• Strong understanding of distributed systems design, architecture, and data pipelines

• Experience building highly reliable systems that operate at scale

• Proficiency in a modern systems language such as Go, Rust, Java, or C++

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and containerized environments (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes)

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Preferred

• Prior experience working with high-throughput data processing systems

• Familiarity with multi-region or multi-cloud architectures

• Strong focus on observability, monitoring, and system debuggability

• Startup experience or a background in fast-paced, product-driven environments

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Compensation, Benefits, and Other Things to Know

• Competitive salary of $170K – $260K, commensurate with experience and interview performance

• Generous equity packages

• Fully remote role within North America

• Visa sponsorship available

• Opportunity to join a highly collaborative team working on mission-critical, high-scale systems

• Significant ownership over foundational technology that directly impacts customers and company growth

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This is one of the company’s highest-priority roles—with multiple headcount and immediate start timelines.
If you’re ready to engineer systems that move billions of rows of data with precision and reliability, we’d love to hear from you.