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Staff Engineer - Distributed Systems

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Mon, Aug 10, 2026
This job expires in: 26 days

Job Summary

Passionate about distributed systems, the full-time Staff Engineer - Distributed Systems will architect and build high-performance, globally distributed systems for delivering real-time feature flag updates, collaborating cross-functionally while working remotely.

Key responsibilities:
  • Architect, design, and build resilient and scalable systems for global feature flag data delivery
  • Own and evolve core components such as the global edge delivery network and data synchronization protocols
  • Drive improvements in system availability and performance while mentoring and leading other engineers
Required qualifications:
  • 10+ years of experience in architecting, building, and operating large-scale backend and infrastructure services, particularly in distributed systems
  • Deep understanding of event-driven architectures and streaming protocols at scale
  • Expertise in Go, Java, Rust, or similar systems programming languages
  • Experience with monitoring, observability, and operational excellence in system design
  • Experience operating systems in cloud environments using infrastructure-as-code tools

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