Staff Distributed Systems Engineer - Collaboration

📋 Description

• Collaborate with engineers to build scalable systems powering large sites
• Lead architecture for distributed services with low latency and 99.99% uptime
• Define concurrency and conflict-resolution semantics for changes
• Design for failure with retries, partial outages, and safe recovery
• Own observability: SLIs/SLOs, tracing, metrics, and incident learnings
• Align cross-team via design docs and decision records

🎯 Requirements

• 7-10+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems with 99.99% uptime
• Backend experience in Java, Go, Rust, Python, Node.js
• Expertise with distributed systems, concurrency, scaling, and debugging multi-layer systems
• Strong operational judgment: define SLIs/SLOs, observability, and incident-driven improvements
• Staff behaviors: lead multi-team initiatives, write design docs, influence architecture
• Decision-making with incomplete info and urgency while keeping code operational

🎁 Benefits

• Equity (RSUs) for permanent employees
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and inclusive care for families
• Flexible vacation, holidays, and sabbatical program
• Mental health resources and coaching
• 401(k) with employer match; global retirement support