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Location:
United States

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

180000.00 - 320000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 09, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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