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US Unlimited PTO

  • Architect end-to-end sheet data platform across transactional stores and lakehouse.
  • Design services and APIs for real-time collaboration and AI agents at scale.
  • Lead petabyte-scale migrations while setting architecture standards and mentoring engineers.

Java Kotlin AWS Kubernetes Distributed Systems

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India

  • Lead and mentor engineering teams owning the grid ecosystem, ensuring coherent architecture and seamless data synchronization.
  • Own platform reliability, SLAs, incident response, and cross-pillar dependencies while driving operational excellence.
  • Champion AI adoption, agile practices, and engineering best practices to deliver high-quality solutions at scale.

Smartsheet is a global work management platform that helps teams scale solutions and is uniting human employees with AI agents to automate tasks and uncover insights. With 20+ years in the industry, the company values diverse perspectives, continuous learning, and employee impact.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Build scalable back-end services for the next generation of applications using Kotlin and Java.
  • Lead code reviews and architectural discussions while mentoring other engineers on best practices.
  • Collaborate with product managers to solve distributed systems challenges and drive critical initiatives.

Smartsheet empowers teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter, now uniting human teams with AI agents. With over 20 years of experience, they foster an inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and supports professional growth.

$217,000–$303,900/yr
US

  • Lead the development of Reddit's Ingestion Platform, designing and delivering reliable software for distributed data movement across streaming and batch workloads.
  • Own the architecture of the platform's control and data planes, including pipeline APIs, connectors, and sink integrations, expanding beyond Kafka-to-BigQuery to S3/GCS and Apache Iceberg.
  • Mentor engineers, drive migrations from legacy systems, and establish robust reliability, security, and operational practices for pipelines running on Kubernetes.

Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust, hosting authentic conversations across 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors. The company fosters an open, collaborative culture with a focus on reliability, performance, and efficiency.

India

  • Architect, build, and scale secure software systems including microservices and REST/gRPC APIs.
  • Lead design of distributed systems using Messaging, Search stores, and cloud storage solutions.
  • Mentor junior engineers, monitor system health, and optimize services with a DevOps mindset.

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss, with thousands of employees and a culture focused on ownership, collaboration, and challenge.

US

  • Lead the architecture and design of distributed systems supporting millions of insurance leads and transactions.
  • Mentor senior and mid-level engineers while driving technical direction across microservices, APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure.
  • Use Java and polyglot tools like Kotlin, Python, Go, and TypeScript to build scalable, reliable, observable platforms.

The company operates high-traffic platforms supporting millions of insurance leads and transactions. It fosters a collaborative, remote-first engineering culture with opportunities to mentor engineers and shape technical direction.

Mexico

  • Architect and evolve core control and context planes, including service registries, SLO enforcement, and automated canary releases.
  • Own the service chassis and golden path, maintaining multi-language Java/Python libraries, Helm charts, and deployment pipelines.
  • Drive reliability engineering practices, mentor engineers, and lead architectural strategy for distributed systems at production scale.

The company builds large-scale web data products and distributed engineering infrastructure for AI-driven workflows. It operates a remote-first, globally distributed engineering culture focused on reliability, autonomy, and technical excellence.

India

  • Build and maintain highly scalable, distributed systems with a focus on reliability and performance.
  • Design, develop, test, and deploy Flex platform services on AWS following microservices architecture.
  • Own services end-to-end, respond to incidents, and drive root cause analyses while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Twilio shapes the future of communications by delivering innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses, empowering millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences. The company is remote-first with a strong culture of connection and global inclusion, offering a vibrant team environment.

$139,200–$235,200/yr
Canada United States Unlimited PTO

  • Design, build, and operate GitLab Orbit backend services, primarily in Rust, within a distributed, cloud-native environment.
  • Improve deployment, monitoring, and operations using Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and cloud services from AWS or GCP.
  • Automate operational work, strengthen observability, and manage production issues to reduce single points of failure.

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, helping organizations increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate digital transformation. Trusted by more than 50 million registered users and over 50% of the Fortune 100, GitLab fosters a high-performance culture driven by shared values and continuous knowledge exchange.

US

  • Build anti-corruption layers and transformation systems to keep merchant data consistent and trustworthy.
  • Expand event-driven architecture with Kafka, EventBridge, and Step Functions, owning reliability end-to-end.
  • Mentor engineers and build tooling for faster, safer merchant onboarding with clear error reporting.

Extend provides AI-driven post-purchase solutions for merchants, including automated customer service, returns management, and product protection. They work with over 1,000 merchant partners and have a collaborative, supportive culture backed by prominent tech investors.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Enhance and scale a high-performance data onboarding platform to handle real-time data at petabyte scale.
  • Own and evolve infrastructure across multiple cloud providers, including AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • Drive architectural decisions, improve deployment pipelines, and participate in on-call rotations.

ClickHouse is the company behind the open-source ClickHouse database, providing a high-performance database platform. It is a globally distributed start-up operating in over 25 countries, with a culture that values autonomy, innovation, and impact.

$212,000–$265,000/yr
US

  • Design and build the next generation big data compute platform for ETL, analytics, and machine learning at Airbnb.
  • Operate, manage, and improve the reliability, performance, observability, and cost efficiency of the data platform.
  • Write maintainable, self-documenting code, perform code reviews, and contribute to open source software.

Airbnb is a global home-sharing platform that connects travelers with unique accommodations and experiences. The company has grown to over 5 million hosts and 2 billion guest arrivals, fostering a culture of belonging and innovation.

US

  • Own critical platform domains and shape architectural direction for a small team of staff engineers.
  • Design scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AWS-native distributed systems with deep backend and cloud expertise.
  • Lead cross-functional technical initiatives, align stakeholders, and mentor senior engineers to raise engineering standards.

Agiloft is a leading provider of data-first contract lifecycle management (CLM) software that helps organizations manage the end-to-end contract process. It is a growing, vibrant company with a strong focus on employee experience, diversity, and inclusion, supporting multiple Employee Resource Groups and offering flexible benefits.

India

  • Provide senior technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and business domains.
  • Drive architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, reliable, and maintainable software systems.
  • Mentor staff and senior engineers and influence technical strategy across the organization.

Oportun is a mission-driven financial services company that provides responsible credit, savings, and budgeting tools to help members build a better financial future. It has provided over $22.7 billion in credit and values speed, high standards, and using AI to work smarter.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Build a cutting-edge cloud-native database platform on top of the public cloud.
  • Work on our in-house Kubernetes operator to support seamless infrastructure management.
  • Architect and build a robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure.

ClickHouse builds a cloud-native database platform and is transforming its open-source columnar database into a serverless solution. The company is a rapidly scaling global startup with a remote-friendly culture operating in over 25 countries.

Latin America

  • Lead cross-team architecture and technical strategy across pods, including APIs, data models, event flows, and reliability.
  • Set engineering excellence standards for code quality, testing, observability, and security through RFCs and design reviews.
  • Mentor engineers, lead incident response, and ship production code regularly.

Clara is Latin America's leading spend management platform for corporate cards, bill pay, financing, and B2B payments. We're ~400 people, low-ego and high-ownership, backed by top investors and named the fastest-growing company in LATAM in 2025.

$12,500–$20,800/mo
Turkey

  • Own the technical architecture and evolution of core infrastructure.
  • Engineer for scale and performance through capacity modeling and bottleneck diagnosis.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and drive technical recovery during incidents.

Sezzle is a fintech company that revolutionizes shopping through interest-free installment plans, blending cutting-edge technology with financial empowerment. It has a dynamic and innovative team culture focused on shaping the future of fintech and retail.

India

  • Own the architecture health of a billion-scale distributed system, including failure modes, capacity limits, and cross-deployment interactions.
  • Approve critical-path designs and hunt gaps like single points of failure, unbounded queues, and missing idempotency proactively.
  • Build the parts nobody else can, prototype risky architectural bets, and ship remediations after serious incidents.

HighLevel is an AI-powered business operating system that gives agencies and SMBs the infrastructure to build, automate and scale. With over 2,000 team members across 10+ countries, HighLevel operates as a global, remote-first organization built for speed and ownership.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Own and scale the end-to-end ingestion to catalog to derived pipeline powering InfraSpec datasets across all core domains.
  • Lead the migration from legacy scripts to a durable platform, including architecting the greenfield graph layer for RouteFinder.
  • Enforce data contracts, quality gates, and observability to keep pipeline rework under 20%.

Inflect is building a marketplace that transforms how companies buy and sell digital infrastructure—datacenter, cloud, and network services. As a fast-growing startup, we work quickly and collaboratively; full-time employees receive option grants and share ownership.

$180,000–$320,000/yr
US

  • Build and scale distributed systems to move large volumes of customer data efficiently.
  • Develop streaming capabilities for real-time data syncing from webhooks and message queues.
  • Optimize system performance, latency, and multi-region infrastructure.

A marketing technology company building a distributed data platform for efficient customer data movement. They foster a high-velocity startup culture with a strong emphasis on autonomy and engineering excellence.

Kenya

  • Design and build production-grade systems end-to-end, from problem definition through deployment and operations.
  • Work across application services, distributed systems, infrastructure, data pipelines, and ML systems, debugging complex issues across multiple layers.
  • Frame problems correctly, applying ML when needed, and ensure reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa's all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools. As Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer processing over $250 billion annually, we prioritize our people's well-being and foster a culture of innovation and teamwork.