Distributed Systems Software Engineer (WarpStream)

Location: Remote within the United States; listed locations include Poughkeepsie, Lowell, Rochester, Tucson, Research Triangle Park, Armonk, Boston, Bellevue, Atlanta, San Jose, Dallas, Austin, San Francisco, and Seattle. Some travel may be required based on business demand.

Salary: $161,000–$299,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global Software develops AI-powered, cloud-native products and hybrid cloud and data platforms for enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Independently drive complex technical projects from architecture and design through development, operationalization, and delivery.
• Build mission-critical backend services for WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible streaming platform built on object storage with zero local disks.
• Improve the scalability of the multi-tenant control plane and develop features including transactions and active-active multi-region clusters.
• Work across the stack, including storage engines, networking, microservices, containers, virtualization, and the developer console.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and ensure operational readiness, availability, performance, reliability, and resilience against customer SLAs.
• Participate in on-call support for production services operating across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree 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 through on-call work.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote and geographically distributed team.
• Healthcare, dental, vision, mental health, life insurance, disability coverage, and financial programs including 401(k).
• Paid time off including holidays, sick time, vacation, parental bonding leave, and other paid care leave.
• AI-driven learning resources, training, and certification opportunities.
• Inclusive employee resource groups, volunteer opportunities, and product and service discounts.