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Distributed Systems Engineer
United States
$120k-$250k/yrRemoteFull Time
LiveKit: Infrastructure for real-time voice and video AI applications.
Experience designing and delivering distributed systems in production; ownership end-to-end; strong programming fundamentals; familiarity with consensus, coordination, and distributed failure modes; clear communication.
San Francisco or New York City or Austin or Seattle
$175k-$300k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Fluidstack: Provides high-performance cloud GPU infrastructure for AI development.
Experienced engineer building observability, control planes, and API surfaces for large fleets; production service ownership, pager/incident experience, fluent with AI tooling and distributed systems.
LLM APIs, MCP servers, Claude Code, Cursor, Prometheus, Thanos, VictoriaMetrics, Temporal, Cadence, BMC/Redfish, Go, Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, ZTP, DHCP, DNS
San Francisco or New York City or Seattle or Ann Arbor or United States or Canada
$151k-$206k/yrRemoteFull Time
Censys: Maps the internet to discover and manage security risks.
5+ YOE5+ years building distributed systems, strong Go and cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), familiarity with messaging, databases, scalability and reliability concepts.
Thenvoi: Agentic mesh platform for AI agent communication and collaboration.
7+ YOE7+ years building distributed systems (Go, Rust, or C++); deep networking and multiprocessing fundamentals; experience with real-time messaging; open to learning Elixir and Phoenix LiveView.
IonQNYSE: IONQ: Develops and sells trapped-ion quantum computers and cloud services.
6+ YOE6+ years backend engineering with Go or Rust, distributed systems fundamentals, event streaming and time-series experience, cloud-native deployments, observability, SQL, and operational/on-call ownership.
Dedalus Labs: Infrastructure for building and deploying AI agent applications.
Strong systems programming (Rust preferred); graduate-level knowledge of distributed/OS concepts; Kubernetes and cloud infra experience; hands-on with virtualization and storage; production-scale systems experience.
Pennsylvania State University: Public research university providing academic education and research.
Postdoctoral position focusing on distributed energy resources; PhD in engineering; experience with CHP/DER, microgrids, and energy systems; strong communication skills.
SalesforceNYSE: CRM: Sells cloud-based customer relationship management and business software solutions.
Design and deliver scalable, reliable, secure backend distributed systems within the Security ecosystem; hands-on engineering, cross-functional collaboration, and end-to-end ownership with an AI-first mindset.
Salesforce Core, Data Cloud, Tableau Next, ATF, Agentforce
Distributed Systems Engineer, Data & Inference Platform
San Francisco or Fremont or Palo Alto or Berkeley or Sunnyvale or Mountain View or San Jose or Oakland or Redwood City
HybridFull Time
Adaption: Develops efficient AI systems that adapt in real-time.
5+ YOE5+ years building and operating distributed systems; experience with Ray/Spark/Flink/Beam/Dask; Python and at least one systems language; GPU/accelerator stack; Kubernetes; incident ownership.
Distributed Systems Engineer 6 - Decisioning & Optimization
New York City or Seattle or Los Angeles or Los Gatos
$499k-$900k/yrOnsiteFull Time
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Provider of global streaming entertainment and video content.
10+ YOE10+ years building large-scale distributed systems (3+ years in ads); expertise in ML model serving with sub-20ms P99, ad serving/bidding/pacing systems, API and platform design, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.
Distributed Systems Engineer, Analytical Database Platform
Austin, Texas, United States
HybridFull Time
CloudflareNYSE: NET: Provides security and performance services for internet properties.
3+ YOE3+ years software development experience in distributed systems and databases; strong programming in Golang, python, or C++; strong SQL and database internals knowledge; experience with ClickHouse, Terraform/SALT, Docker, and Kubernetes is a plus.
Parasail: Provides scalable cloud infrastructure for AI model inference.
5+ YOE5+ years backend/infrastructure experience with Kubernetes and distributed systems; strong skills in Java, Spring Boot, or Golang; experience with cloud-native tech, IaC, and security for AI workloads.
Java, Spring Boot, Golang, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
IES HoldingsNASDAQ: IESC: Provider of integrated electrical and technology infrastructure services.
3+ YOEHS diploma/GED, minimum 3 years DAS installation experience, ability to work at heights, lift up to 75 lbs, interpret blueprints, perform RF testing, travel within territory, and lead technicians.
Sr Software Development Engineer - Distributed Systems
Pleasanton, California, United States
$190k-$285k/yrHybridFull Time
WorkdayNASDAQ: WDAY: Provides cloud-based software for financial and human capital management.
8+ YOE8+ years in software engineering or distributed systems, 5+ years production Java, experience with Apache Iceberg, Spark/Trino, multi-cloud (AWS/GCP), strong database and distributed-systems knowledge.
Java, Scala, Python, Apache Iceberg, Apache Spark, Trino, Parquet, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana
State of Florida: Providing state government services and administrative public programs.
Provide desktop and network support including installing/configuring hardware and software, monitor networks, troubleshoot IT incidents, and implement security and backup procedures; experience with Windows Server 2019, Windows 10/11, SCCM, Backup Exec, TrendMicro, Microsoft Office/OWA.
Windows Server 2019, Windows 10, Windows 11, Microsoft Office, OWA, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Backup Exec, TrendMicro, LAN, WAN
Distinguished Technologist, Distributed Systems & Agentic Query Optimization
San Jose or Houston or Durham or Andover
$170k-$413k/yrHybridFull Time
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseNYSE: HPE: Provides global edge-to-cloud technology solutions and IT infrastructure services.
15+ YOE15+ years designing and operating large distributed systems and cloud platform services; expertise in distributed query engines, federated data, cloud-native architecture; strong communication and technical leadership skills.
Principal Software Engineer, Distributed Systems Engineer - DGX Cloud
Durham or United States
$248k-$397k/yrHybridFull Time
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
15+ YOE15+ years software engineering experience with Kubernetes, GPU cluster scheduling, systems programming (Go or Python), BS in relevant field or equivalent, strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
(Senior) Quality Specialist for Distributed Systems (Riverside, CA, US)
Riverside, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
SAPFrankfurt Stock Exchange: SAP: Developer of enterprise business software and cloud applications.
Experience with distributed systems, system administration on Linux, proficiency in two of Java/C++/Python, BS/MS in CS or Electrical Engineering, strong architecture and cloud platform knowledge.