5,647 distributed systems software engineer jobs at 1,554 companies in United States

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GovCloud Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Herndon or Bellevue or San Francisco or New York City
$149k-$224k/yr HybridFull Time
Salesforce
SalesforceNYSE: CRM: Sells cloud-based customer relationship management and business software solutions.
5+ YOERelated technical degree and 5+ years of backend software development. Requires Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby; distributed systems, critical services, Agile, TDD, AI development tools, and advanced prompt engineering experience.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, OpenAI API, Spinnaker, Zookeeper, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos, Java, Golang, Python, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex
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Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
San Mateo, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Parasail
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)
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Distributed Systems Engineer
San Francisco or New York City or Austin or Seattle
$175k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Fluidstack
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
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Senior Distributed Systems Engineer
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
HybridFull Time
Zanskar
Zanskar: Discovers and develops geothermal energy using artificial intelligence.
7+ YOERequires 7+ years of software engineering experience, distributed computing leadership, cloud architecture, resilient event-driven systems, scalable storage, observability, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, Python, and SQL.
Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, GitHub Actions, GitHub, GCP, AWS, Python, SQL
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Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
Emeryville or Santa Clara
$180k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Atomic Machines
Atomic Machines: Develops AI-powered robotic platforms for autonomous micro-scale manufacturing.
5+ YOE5+ years building or debugging hardware, embedded, networked, or similar systems; strong Python and one of C++, Rust, or Go; distributed systems and architecture experience; CI/CD, testing, or observability experience; bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Python, C++, Rust, Go, CI/CD, API, AI, ML
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Distributed Systems Software Engineer (Golang)
San Diego, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Build and run globally scaled service-enabling platforms and infrastructure using software-based solutions for satellite connectivity services.
Golang
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Distributed Systems Engineer, IoT
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Orion Sleep
Orion Sleep: Manufacturer of AI-powered smart mattress covers for sleep optimization.
Experience scaling MQTT-based IoT systems from 0-1, making architecture decisions, and building cloud platforms; generalist software engineering experience required.
MQTT
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Senior Distributed Systems Engineer
San Francisco or New York City or Seattle or Ann Arbor or United States or Canada
$151k-$206k/yr RemoteFull Time
Censys
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.
Go, AWS, Azure, GCP, AWS Kinesis, Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, BigTable, Cloud Spanner, HBase, Cassandra, gRPC, REST, Protobuf, MessagePack, Kubernetes
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Principal Software Engineer, Distributed Systems Engineer - DGX Cloud
Durham or United States
$248k-$397k/yr HybridFull Time
NVIDIA
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.
Kubernetes, Go, Python, Slurm, Bright Cluster Manager, DGX Cloud
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Senior Staff Distributed Systems Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$216k-$283k/yr OnsiteFull Time
IonQ
IonQNYSE: IONQ: Develops and sells trapped-ion quantum computers and cloud services.
12+ YOE12+ years backend engineering experience, production Go and/or Rust proficiency, distributed systems and data infrastructure experience (streaming, time-series storage), cloud-native deployment, observability, and on-call ownership.
Go, Rust, gNMI, NETCONF, SNMP, InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, Kafka, Kinesis, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, SQL, Neo4j, Amazon Neptune
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Distributed Systems Engineer — Full Time
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Dedalus Labs
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.
Rust, Go, C/C++, Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure, Linux, Virtualization, Kernel, Low-level systems
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Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems (200045410)
United States
OnsiteFull Time
Microsoft
MicrosoftNASDAQ: MSFT: Global provider of software, cloud, and AI technology solutions.
Not provided in posting.
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Distributed Systems Engineer, Analytical Database Platform
Austin, Texas, United States
HybridFull Time
Cloudflare
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.
ClickHouse, Golang, python, C++, SQL, SALT, Terraform, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes
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Distributed Systems Engineer (L5) - Compute
United States
$388k-$619k/yr RemoteFull Time
Netflix
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Provider of global streaming entertainment and video content.
Requires large-scale infrastructure experience, hands-on Kubernetes, distributed systems, backend services, AWS or cloud, Linux environments, strong communication and problem-solving skills, and Golang, Java, or Python experience.
Kubernetes, AWS, Linux, Golang, Java, Python
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Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
San Francisco or Alameda County or Contra Costa County or Marin County or Napa County or San Mateo County or Santa Clara County or Solano County or Sonoma County
$160k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Discord
Discord: A platform providing voice, video, and text communication services.
2+ YOE2+ years building backend systems, experience with distributed systems, operating/maintaining critical tier 0 services, knowledge of monitoring and alerting, familiarity with open source and cloud environments.
Elixir, GCP, AWS, Salt, Terraform, k8s
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Distributed Systems Engineer (L4) - Data Platform
United States
$71k-$464k/yr RemoteFull Time
Netflix
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Global video streaming and media production service.
2+ YOE2+ years in distributed systems; RESTful services; scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure; Java or OO languages; multi-threading; BS in Computer Science or related field.
Java, REST, Distributed Systems, Multi-threading
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Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$194k/yr HybridFull Time
Verse
Verse: Software to plan, procure, and manage clean energy portfolios.
Requires Python or Go, distributed systems, container deployments, microservices, monorepository workflows, service-oriented architecture, networking, security, and technical leadership. Kubernetes and GCP preferred.
Go, Python, Protobuf, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Rust, Scala, Java, C, C++, gRPC
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Sr. Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
$169k-$253k/yr HybridFull Time
Workday
WorkdayNASDAQ: WDAY: Provides cloud-based software for financial and human capital management.
8+ YOEBachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 8+ years software engineering experience building backend microservices and distributed systems; 5+ years with Java or Scala, cloud (AWS/GCP), Docker/Kubernetes, frontend frameworks (React/Angular/Vue), and AI-assisted development tooling.
Java, Scala, React, Angular, Vue, TypeScript, Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Model Context Protocol (MCP), CI/CD
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Software Engineer, Atlas Distributed Systems
Palo Alto, California, United States
$158k-$237k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Rubrik
RubrikNYSE: RBRK: Secures enterprise data across cloud and on-premises environments.
3+ YOEBachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent; 3+ years in distributed file systems; distributed systems, scalable backend development, and C++ coding experience required.
C++, Kubernetes, Oracle, EC2, RDS, SSD, HDD, S3, Azure Blob, EBS, eBPF, AWS, Azure, GCP, ext4, NFS, SMB
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Software Engineer (Distributed Systems & Cloud)
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
$150k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Visionist
Visionist: Provides software engineering and data analytics for national security.
8+ YOE8 years software development; experience with JavaScript/TypeScript/Python; distributed systems and cloud; AWS; DevOps; IaC; CI/CD; high-side development environments; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, AWS, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD