Staff Software Engineer (Distributed Storage Systems)

Location: Remote, France; the role is associated with Bois Colombes Cedex, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Some travel may be required based on business demand.

Company

hirify.global Software develops AI-powered, cloud-native products and hybrid-cloud solutions for business, data, automation, security, and sustainability.

What you will do

• Drive complex technical projects independently from execution through delivery.
• Architect, design, develop, and operationalize high-performance, scalable, reliable, and resilient backend services for WarpStream.
• Develop the storage engine, multi-tenant control plane, transactions, active-active multi-region clusters, and developer-console functionality.
• Build services operating across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Troubleshoot complex systems involving microservices, containers, virtualization, and network-level components.
• Ensure operational readiness and compliance with customer availability and performance SLAs, including on-call support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• 5+ years of industry experience designing, building, scaling, and supporting backend systems in production.
• Strong software engineering practices, including code reviews, quality focus, and documentation.
• Strong programming and algorithmic skills with proficiency in a major language such as Java, Go, C, C++, or Python.
• Deep curiosity and enthusiasm for distributed systems and storage systems.
• Strong project-delivery and communication skills.
• Experience driving operational excellence for large production services.
• Customer centricity, teamwork, technical leadership, and mentorship skills.

Nice to have

• Track record of delivering large-scale, highly available, high-quality systems.
• Hands-on expertise in large-scale systems engineering or distributed systems.
• Experience handling critical systems on call.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote and geographically distributed team with engineers in Spain, France, Canada, Ireland, and the USA.
• Work in a small team of fewer than 15 engineers across the full stack.
• Continuous learning, career development, feedback, experimentation, and collaboration are encouraged.
• Regular daytime shift; the role is employment with hirify.global.
• Some travel may be required based on business demand.