Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems): Building high-performing, scalable API interfaces and queuing/storage engines for mission-critical systems with an accent on low-latency applications and distributed data pipelines. Focus on designing high-volume systems, leveraging Linux kernel networking primitives like eBPF and netfilter, and optimizing for high availability and performance.

Location: Lisbon, Portugal; Porto, Portugal

Company

Leader in enterprise orchestration with an AI-powered platform that connects data, processes, applications, and experiences for global businesses.

What you will do

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems ensuring high availability and performance
• Contribute across all phases of the development lifecycle
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code
• Build API interfaces for customers and UI teams
• Develop high-performance queuing and storage engines
• Collaborate with UI, connectivity, and DevOps teams on elegant solutions to complex problems
• Evaluate and propose improvements to existing systems

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience
• Experience building and shipping large-scale, reliable, highly distributed systems
• Systems-level programming in C, Go, Rust
• Expertise in L2, L3, L4 networking protocols
• Good understanding of Linux networking and security
• Experience with Linux kernel primitives: netfilter, nftables, eBPF, tc, network namespaces
• Experience with large-scale distributed data pipelines
• Work with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Understanding of Kubernetes concepts
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills
• Protocol-level understanding

Nice to have

• Contributions to open source projects

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, trust-oriented culture empowering full ownership of roles
• Driven by innovation with team players building the company
• Balance productivity with self-care in a vibrant, dynamic environment
• Multitude of benefits for work and personal life
• Recognized as top company for remote workers, enterprise startup, and fast-growing tech firm