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$192,000–$192,000/yr
US

  • Lead large-scale Sensor Platform initiatives in high-throughput ingestion, pipeline scalability, and queue management reliability.
  • Own root cause analysis and postmortems for complex production issues across capture pipeline and message broker integration.
  • Champion standards for documentation, observability, and performance benchmarks while mentoring engineers through reviews.

Rust Distributed Systems Linux

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US Unlimited PTO

  • Lead the architecture and development of the Hercules Database, backend services, and SDKs.
  • Engineer for low latency, high throughput, and efficient resource use across data-intensive, multi-tenant systems.
  • Build and operate reliable hosting infrastructure with strong tenant isolation, observability, and failure resilience.

Hercules builds the future of AI software development with a platform-as-a-service including a database, backend services, and SDKs. It is an early-stage company with a founding team based in San Francisco and a culture that values shipping fast, excellence, and hunger.

$152,000–$190,000/yr
US

  • Design and implement high-performance networking code for the Zscaler Client Connector, predominantly using Rust.
  • Build solid, testable, well-documented foundations to improve code quality across multiple desktop platforms.
  • Debug complex network-related problems and collaborate with product managers and teams to deliver customer-impacting features.

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation with a Zero Trust Exchange platform that securely connects users and protects against cyberattacks. The company's platform spans 200+ data centers, fostering ownership and collaboration.

$115,200–$162,000/yr
North America Unlimited PTO

  • Build and iterate on Rust backend features for the Knowledge Graph service, including query and indexing flows.
  • Maintain integrations across GitLab, including Rails, NATS, ClickHouse, and the Duo Agent Platform.
  • Contribute to design discussions and improve operational maturity with metrics, runbooks, and async collaboration.

GitLab is an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps that helps organizations improve developer productivity and security. More than 50 million users and over half the Fortune 100 trust GitLab's all-remote, high-performance culture.

US

  • Lead cloud integration development while contributing directly to production code.
  • Define technical direction and work across Kubernetes, databases, and cloud services.
  • Hire, mentor, and support engineers while collaborating with Product and customers.

The company develops cloud integration features that simplify software development in complex, cloud-native environments, enabling developers and AI coding agents to test against real infrastructure. It is a small, high-caliber team that values remote-first asynchronous collaboration and direct product impact.

$185,000–$260,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Lead architecture and implementation of Greyspace, a simulated internet for SimSpace cyber ranges.
  • Build distributed services and realistic network behavior including DNS, TLS, web, and mail.
  • Drive technical standards, mentor engineers, and partner cross-functionally to deliver production-grade systems.

SimSpace provides a realistic cyber range platform for training, testing, and validating AI-ready defenses. Founded in 2015 by U.S. Cyber Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory experts, it values human-centered culture and continuous growth.

US

  • Develop core backend infrastructure for blockchain execution and Ethereum scaling.
  • Tackle distributed systems challenges involving reliability, performance, and scalability.
  • Strengthen security and drive projects from investigation through implementation.

They build foundational infrastructure for Ethereum scalability, security, and decentralized applications. They are a remote-first, globally distributed team collaborating across research, product, and blockchain engineering.

India

  • Design and deliver robust, high-scale routing experiences for Twilio Segment Data Pipelines.
  • Operate complex distributed systems in cloud environments and collaborate with design, product, and engineering.
  • Mentor engineers, join on-call rotation, and improve reliability through tooling and debugging.

Twilio is a cloud communications company that powers personalized customer experiences for hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of developers. It is a remote-first organization with a strong culture of connection, inclusion, and continuous learning.

Global 5w PTO 16w maternity 6w paternity

  • Design and build distributed systems for ingestion, normalization, processing, storage, and delivery of realtime market data.
  • Build and operate streaming solutions handling event ordering, timestamps, duplicates, replay, gaps, and recovery.
  • Lead technical decisions, write clear designs, and mentor engineers to deliver reliable data platforms.

Dune is a blockchain data and intelligence provider making onchain finance observable, serving 130+ chains and 1,000+ industry leaders. We're a tight-knit team of ~50 hardworking people across Europe and US timezones, humble yet ambitious.

Europe US

  • Build and maintain the backend systems powering ElevenLabs' managed services productions platform.
  • Own the scope of human data platforms, core productions engine, or editor platform using Rust and full-stack engineering.
  • Ensure reliability, scalability, and high quality in internal platforms and data pipelines.

ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology, providing AI voice, agent, creative, and API platforms. They have raised $781M in funding, valued at $22B, and serve millions of users and thousands of businesses with a high-velocity, impact-driven culture.

North America 6w PTO

  • Take an active role in influencing the roadmap and own critical systems for Grafana's next-generation storage layer.
  • Collaborate with your team to design, build, operate, and maintain large distributed systems at scale.
  • Mentor teammates and participate in on-call rotations while embracing open-source culture.

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform trusted by over 10,000 organizations. We are a 100% remote company with team members across 40+ countries, built on an open-source legacy and a collaborative, innovation-driven culture.

$130,000–$170,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Design, build, and operate distributed Go microservices and media pipelines for low-latency, high-availability ingestion.
  • Build and evolve integrations across SIPREC, RTP, WebRTC, WebSockets, and enterprise contact center platforms.
  • Lead projects from architecture through production support and participate in on-call rotation.

Pindrop is a cybersecurity company delivering continuous identity verification across voice, video, and digital interactions. It protects billions of high-risk interactions for leading financial institutions, insurers, and healthcare organizations, backed by 300+ patents.

$160,000–$200,000/yr
Global Unlimited PTO

  • Contribute to architecture and improvement of our data acquisition and processing platform.
  • Use and develop web crawling technologies to capture and catalog data on the internet.
  • Design and develop backend services for distributed job orchestration, data pipelines, and large-scale asynchronous workloads.

People Data Labs is a provider of people and company data, integrating thousands of compliantly sourced datasets into a single, developer-friendly source of truth. We are a team focused on extreme ownership and a one-team mindset, embracing failure as a learning opportunity.

$229,500–$260,000/yr
US

  • Design and own the over-the-air update system for NodeZero, including delivery protocol, version negotiation, rollout orchestration, health verification, and automatic rollback.
  • Own fleet management to track version state of every deployment, design safe rollout strategies like canary and phased rollouts, and ensure reliable delivery across constrained and air-gapped environments.
  • Mentor P4 engineers through design and code reviews, set technical direction for update delivery, and own OTA system reliability end-to-end with on-call incident response.

Horizon3 is a remote cybersecurity company that helps organizations proactively find, fix, and verify exploitable attack vectors before criminals exploit them via its NodeZero autonomous pentesting platform. It is a fast-growing team of former special operations cyber operators and engineers committed to a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

North America

  • Design, build, maintain, and operate large-scale distributed systems for a live AAA game.
  • Own the entire shipping lifecycle, from integrating external APIs to optimizing platform costs.
  • Mentor junior engineers and help guide engineering standards and operational practices.

Turtle Rock Studios makes the games we want to play and is known for award-winning titles. They foster a collaborative, creative environment and support flexible work arrangements throughout North America.

Spain Unlimited PTO

  • Design and develop high-performance backend systems in Rust that collect billions of data points from the web.
  • Work on our in-house proxy layer, browser tooling, and protocol-level behavior to handle close to 200 million requests a day.
  • Collaborate with crawler engineers, DevOps, and Security to build secure, scalable, and reliable crawling infrastructure.

Lighthouse is on a mission to revolutionize commercial strategy as hospitality's most powerful AI platform, transforming the world's largest hotel data network into real-time intelligence. With 850+ teammates across 35 countries and $370M in Series C funding, we foster a collaborative, customer-centric culture focused on innovation and growth.

Europe

  • Lead and mentor a high-performing team of senior engineers building distributed systems for decentralized compute and storage.
  • Drive technical direction, stay hands-on with architecture, design, and implementation of P2P networking, compute orchestration, and core platform services.
  • Champion reliability, observability, and engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, incident response, and production readiness.

Pragmatike builds decentralized compute and storage platforms powered by distributed systems. They foster a remote-first, async writing-first engineering culture with a focus on pragmatic decision-making and continuous improvement.

Poland Unlimited PTO

  • Design and ship moderate to complex backend features for a global platform with minimal guidance.
  • Define backend standards for style, maintainability, testing, APIs, and operational readiness.
  • Mentor engineers, diagnose performance issues, and integrate agentic AI into production workflows.

GitLab is an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, helping organizations ship better, more secure software faster. With over 50 million registered users and trust from half the Fortune 100, GitLab has a remote-first, high-performance culture driven by shared values and AI adoption.

Europe 6w PTO

  • Own technical direction of Stream Video's media plane and infrastructure.
  • Architect the SFU and media pipeline to scale livestreaming, from WebRTC to HLS.
  • Own reliability, autoscaling, placement, cost, and mentor senior engineers.

Stream powers real-time chat, video, activity feeds, and AI moderation for over one billion users across 4,000+ apps. It is a Series B startup with 140+ employees from 37 nationalities, known for a casual, transparent culture.

Global

  • Design and develop new features for the iPaaS and APIM platform using a modern stack including C++, Java, and Lua.
  • Take ownership of projects from design through deployment, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance in a 24x7x365 environment.
  • Work with distributed teams and mentor others while driving data-driven decisions in a remote culture.

Jitterbit automates and orchestrates business systems with a unified AI-infused low-code platform for integration, orchestration, automation, and app development. The company is a growing leader in the iPaaS space with a remote-first, collaborative culture that values curiosity, ownership, and continuous learning.

$220,000–$320,000/yr
US

  • Own and improve the platform that processes customer jobs, focusing on speed, reliability, and resource efficiency.
  • Partner with machine learning teams to serve models effectively and integrate them into production workflows.
  • Build and maintain infrastructure for databases, task orchestration, workload scheduling, and cloud deployments.

They build an AI document processing product and operate its platform infrastructure. Company size and culture are not specified, but engineers work closely with ML teams and own platform reliability.