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$174,000–$295,000/yr
Global

  • As a Senior Staff Engineer, you'll lead the architecture of Optimizely Analytics' query compilation engine and NetScript DSL.
  • You'll drive technical excellence, collaborating with Product and UX teams to deliver scalable features.
  • You'll mentor engineers and address complex challenges like query optimization and fault tolerance.

Java SQL System Design Distributed Systems

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US

  • Own the end-to-end technical strategy for your accounts, from initial discovery through production deployment and consumption growth.
  • Lead complex architecture discussions designing scalable, production-grade solutions spanning data engineering, ML/AI, and real-time analytics.
  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer architects, engineering leads, and Directors.

Databricks is the Data and AI company, providing a unified platform for data, analytics, and AI. With 30+ offices globally and over 20,000 customers including 70% of the Fortune 500, Databricks fosters a diverse and inclusive culture.

$130,000–$180,000/yr
US

  • Lead architecture and technical decision-making across the data lifecycle, from ingestion to consumption by products and AI.
  • Drive modern engineering approaches through proofs of concept, technology evaluation, and reimagining solutions for scale.
  • Mentor engineers and build a culture of strong software engineering practices, experimentation, and shared technical ownership.

Applied Systems provides software, data, and intelligent systems that connect agencies and carriers across the insurance lifecycle. With 40+ years in insurtech, the company builds on a culture of learning, experimentation, and shared ownership.

Latin America

  • Design, implement, and maintain B2 and S3-compatible APIs for external customers and integrations.
  • Lead technical design discussions, produce clear design docs, and drive feature scalability.
  • Instrument services, define SLIs/SLOs, and participate in on-call rotation for incident response.

Backblaze is an object storage leader in the open cloud movement, providing cloud storage to help customers unlock budgets and innovate. Founded in 2007, it has scaled to over $100m revenue, managing three billion gigabytes for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, with a culture of growth and inclusion.

$134,000–$158,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO 24w maternity 12w paternity

  • Design and develop product features aligned with the product and engineering roadmap.
  • Build platform capabilities enabling AI agentic workflows including tool-calling APIs and workflow orchestration.
  • Scale APIs and workflows with fault-tolerance, high-availability, and scalability.

Celonis provides a trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI by creating a living digital twin of the enterprise. With over 20 offices worldwide, Celonis fosters a culture of innovation, ownership, and inclusion.

North America

  • Set the technical direction for ServiceNow's Health Log Analytics data platform across collection, ingestion, storage, and query.
  • Partner with engineering, product, and customers to shape the roadmap and turn feedback into clear, actionable plans.
  • Raise the bar through design reviews, mentoring engineers, and leading reliability and efficiency improvements.

ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention, bringing together any AI, any data, and any workflow to help 85% of the Fortune 500 work smarter. The company fosters an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together, freeing people from busywork to focus on meaningful work.

US

  • Own and drive impactful distributed systems problems end-to-end, from inception to production launch.
  • Collaborate with a strong engineering team to identify and prioritize the most impactful projects.
  • Raise the quality bar across engineering while keeping systems reliable and operationally lean.

StarTree is a cloud-based software company that helps businesses turn real-time and historical data into actionable insights using Apache Pinot. It is a venture-backed startup with a high-ownership culture, founded by the creators of Apache Pinot and serving hundreds of companies.

US Europe

  • Lead and scale a distributed team of 15+ senior engineers, owning KPIs around sprint velocity, deployment predictability, and release quality.
  • Own high-level architectural decisions, system design, and technical roadmaps, driving modular architecture and shared component libraries.
  • Ensure strict adherence to HIPAA and security-first engineering practices while partnering with executive stakeholders and client leadership.

The company builds multi-platform software solutions with a strong emphasis on security, compliance, and architectural excellence. It supports a fully remote, distributed engineering organization of 15+ senior engineers across North America and Europe, fostering accountability and transparency.

EMEA 5w PTO

  • Lead the engineering team technically while shipping code every week and setting technical direction.
  • Own architecture, hiring, and process improvements to scale the team from 8 to 16 engineers.
  • Refine development cycles using AI tools like Cursor and Claude Code to maintain high velocity and quality.

Secfix builds security compliance automation systems that help European SMBs achieve certifications like ISO 27001 and GDPR in weeks instead of months. With a team of 8 engineers and 2 designers, they've raised €17M in funding and are growing fast with a focus on speed, quality, and AI-assisted development.

Global

  • Build and operate big-data-scale pipeline services that ingest, route, transform and deliver telemetry at GB/s throughput.
  • Lead design and architecture for new features, write design docs, and drive decisions with partner teams.
  • Mentor teammates through code reviews and design reviews, and own services in production end to end.

New Relic builds an intelligent observability platform that helps companies optimize digital applications in an AI-first world. They are a global team of innovators with a diverse and inclusive culture, empowering employees to work flexibly and bring their authentic selves to work.

India

  • Collaborate closely with data leaders to drive sales, recruiting, account management, consulting, and operational excellence.
  • Act as a Databricks SME, supporting business development and guiding clients through best practices in architecture, data engineering, and scalable analytics.
  • Provide technical and architectural guidance on Databricks, modern data platforms, and cloud-native solutions to both clients and team members.

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company that helps organizations deliver practical, end-to-end solutions for meaningful impact. With over 13,000 employees across 43 markets and 6 countries, they are consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work for seven years running.

India

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  • 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.

$155,000–$170,000/yr
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  • Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines using Snowflake, dbt, and AWS, leading technical decisions for data architecture.
  • Develop integrations with internal systems and external partners, building reusable dbt models for analytics and financial reporting.
  • Establish data quality standards, implement automated testing and monitoring, and drive engineering best practices across SQL, dbt, and CI/CD workflows.

Extend provides AI-driven post-purchase solutions, including automated customer service, returns management, and fraud detection for retailers. The company works with over 1,000 merchant partners, is backed by prominent investors, and operates from San Francisco with a collaborative and supportive team culture.

Global

  • Own technical design and execution for major products, systems, and engineering initiatives.
  • Design scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure.
  • Drive architecture decisions and mentor engineers while coding, prototyping, and solving production problems.

KIRA is a fintech company building the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia and expanding into spending, saving, investing, and more. The company has teams around the world with over 20 nationalities, working from offices and remotely.

$153,800–$211,400/yr
Global

  • Architect, develop, and scale secure, performant, and resilient SaaS platform solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentor less senior developers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Ramp up quickly on complex problems and serve as go-to expert for complex systems.

We empower those who build our world with smart software solutions for paperless workflows. Part of the Nemetschek Group, trusted by over 4 million users globally, we foster a culture of collaboration and innovation.

India

  • Design, code, deploy and maintain highly scalable software components and data pipelines for large-scale systems.
  • Build data tools and assemble complex datasets using SQL and big data technologies.
  • Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with data scientists, product, and business teams.

Kayzen is a mobile demand-side platform democratizing programmatic advertising for leading apps, agencies, and brands. We're a fun, driven, multinational team across Germany, India, Argentina, Ukraine, Turkey, the UK and more, powering over 1B ads daily.

Europe Middle East Africa Unlimited PTO

  • Lead, mentor, and scale the NEMEA Solutions Architecture team, setting technical standards and a customer-first culture.
  • Partner with Sales, Product, and Engineering leadership to drive successful outcomes for enterprise and commercial customers.
  • Serve as a senior technical advisor, designing scalable cloud-native solutions and guiding proofs of concept.

ClickHouse is a cloud-first company on a mission to build a vibrant user community around its serverless ClickHouse Cloud product. As a rapidly scaling startup operating in over 25 countries, we foster a collaborative, customer-first culture where every team member shapes our environment.

US

  • Lead cross-team architectural strategy and establish scalable standards across large-scale digital platforms.
  • Solve complex technical challenges across web, mobile, and cloud infrastructure while contributing hands-on code.
  • Mentor senior engineers and drive technology evaluations, quality, and cross-functional collaboration.

The company operates large-scale digital platforms serving millions of customers across hospitality, entertainment, and commerce. It fosters a remote, collaborative engineering culture focused on innovation and technical excellence.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Lead and develop a high-performing data engineering team, setting technical direction and performance expectations.
  • Own data architecture, pipelines, data products, and governance to evolve LTK's data ecosystem.
  • Partner with Product, Analytics, Finance, and Engineering to translate business priorities into reliable, scalable solutions.

LTK is a global technology platform that empowers lifestyle creators to monetize their content, connecting brands, creators, and shoppers. It is a remote-first company with 40M+ monthly consumers and 8,000+ retail partners, headquartered in Dallas, TX.

India

  • Lead customer technical projects to deliver production-grade data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform.
  • Design and architect end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, AI, and application development.
  • Work hands-on with customers, guiding architecture and empowering adoption through training and implementation.

Databricks is the data and AI company, offering a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and AI. With more than 20,000 customers including 70% of the Fortune 500, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices globally.

US

  • Lead a hands-on engineering team to build and evolve the Case Management Platform, the technical backbone for patient case flow across multiple product lines.
  • Drive AI-native transformation by embedding AI tools, agent orchestration, and modern engineering practices into daily work.
  • Partner with product, operations, and business stakeholders to translate priorities into delivery while owning the full SDLC.

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing for oncology, women's health, and organ health. The company is comprised of highly dedicated professionals from world-class institutions, working to make personalized genetic testing part of standard care.