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Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

United States 180000.00 - 320000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted December 09, 2025
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We are looking for a distributed systems engineer to work on the systems that power the syncing engine our customers and other engineering teams rely on. This presents an exciting challenge where you can apply your expertise in distributed systems, performance optimization, and troubleshooting to push the boundaries of what is possible and meaningfully improve our ability to move massive amounts of customer data. This role also provides a unique opportunity to work on a multi-cloud and multi-region infrastructure that supports a global customer base.

Job Responsibility

  • Work on the systems that power the syncing engine our customers and other engineering teams rely on
  • Apply expertise in distributed systems, performance optimization, and troubleshooting to push the boundaries of what is possible and meaningfully improve our ability to move massive amounts of customer data
  • Work on a multi-cloud and multi-region infrastructure that supports a global customer base
  • Own and deliver projects from start to finish
  • Work directly with customers to solve their hardest scaling problems
  • Have influence over what we work on as a team and company
  • Work on problems including Sync Speed, Streaming Syncing, Scalability and Reliability, Personalization API, Multi-Region and Multi-Cloud

Requirements

  • Experience and comfort with distributed systems and high-scale systems or the ability and desire to build this experience quickly
  • Experience building syncing engines that process and move terabytes of data per day in a scalable way
  • Experience creating event collection or data streaming services that power company critical systems
  • Experience owning systems that have undergone orders of magnitude of growth and helped them scale accordingly
  • Relevant skills and being a fast learner who is excited to take on the challenges we face
  • Strong communicators
  • Have a growth mindset
  • Motivated and persistent in achieving our goals

What we offer

  • Meaningful equity compensation in the form of ISO options
  • Offer early exercise and a 10 year post-termination exercise window
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