Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Tue, Jul 14, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Experienced software engineers will find a full-time opportunity as a Software Engineer, Distributed Systems, focused on building large-scale computing platforms in Python or Rust, while working in the San Francisco office.
Key responsibilities
- Build the core Python/Rust platform, including request routing, AI workload orchestration, and GPU autoscaling
- Produce forward designs for platform evolution to accommodate a 100x increase in traffic with low latency globally
- Leverage AI to automate the construction of complex and reliable systems, while profiling and tuning CPU and memory performance
Required qualifications
- 3+ years of experience building distributed compute and orchestration platforms in Python or Rust
- Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including consensus, scheduling, and fault tolerance
- Deep knowledge of computational complexity and memory allocation
- Proven track record of designing scalable systems under real production loads
- Experience with observability to inform performance and reliability decisions
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