Staff Software Engineer
Job Summary
To shape the technical direction of distributed messaging systems, the full-time Staff Software Engineer will make high-level architectural decisions in Go, tackle ambiguous problems across teams, and mentor engineers while working remotely.
Key responsibilities
- Shape the technical direction of distributed messaging systems, making architectural decisions on mission-critical services
- Drive ambiguous, high-stakes problems to resolution and build consensus on contested technical questions across teams
- Raise quality and design standards while mentoring senior engineers and improving engineering processes across multiple squads
Required qualifications
- 10+ years of experience building scalable, distributed systems in Go or similar statically typed languages
- Depth of experience across multiple systems or domains, recognized as an expert in more than one area
- A track record of designing for production reality, quantifying tradeoffs in throughput, cost, and reliability
- Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP) and relational databases, particularly MySQL
- Evidence of making other engineers better through mentorship, technical writing, and design review
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