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/yrHybridFull Time
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
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)
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
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
Emeryville or Santa Clara
$180k-$230k/yrOnsiteFull Time
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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/yrOnsiteFull Time
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.
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.
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
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.
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