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$170,350–$275,550/yr
US 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Design and build core systems for Docker's enterprise agentic platform using Go and Kubernetes.
  • Own production reliability from on-call to SLOs and incident response.
  • Set technical direction and mentor engineers while driving security, identity, and network boundaries.

Go Kubernetes Cloud Distributed Systems

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$180,000–$240,000/yr
US

  • Own large slices of the system end to end, from approach to operation.
  • Turn Beads into a platform and take Gas City to the cloud.
  • Define SLOs, observability, backups, and security baseline for enterprise readiness.

Gas City builds the open-source stack teams use to run coding agents at scale, including the Beads work graph and Gas City agent orchestration. It's a small, flat organization moving toward revenue with a focus on reliability and agent-driven development.

$157,000–$184,000/yr
Europe UK United States 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Own product features end to end, from design and implementation through rollout and iteration.
  • Extend agentic AI capabilities into customer-facing product experiences.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions while collaborating with Product and front-end teams.

This company builds next-generation products at the intersection of software supply chain security, AI, and developer tooling. It has a small, fast-moving engineering team in a remote-first environment focused on practical tools for developers.

India

  • Develop, test, and maintain distributed systems and microservices using Golang, Node.js, Java, and RESTful/gRPC APIs.
  • Deploy scalable web applications inside containerized environments using Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS.
  • Utilize automated CI/CD pipelines and leverage AI in the SDLC to ship code safely.

JumpCloud is the AI-powered unified IT management platform designed to secure the modern workforce. The company is remote-first with teams in 15+ countries, fostering a collaborative and fast-moving environment.

$102,000–$138,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to build well-scoped features.
  • Contribute to design, implementation, testing, and deployment of software.
  • Grow technical depth through pairing, code reviews, and production support.

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery for defense and civil agencies, focusing on secure, cloud-native solutions. Our team of innovators, software engineers, and veterans brings decades of experience across the federal market, fostering a culture of action, ownership, and focus.

  • Own the technical direction and architecture of the releases platform, including the canonical release model.
  • Lead key technical decisions around security, reliability, scalability, and release governance.
  • Build and scale tools that support large-scale engineering teams and critical software delivery workflows.

This company builds a foundational release control platform used by leading engineering teams to ship software safely and efficiently. It fosters a collaborative, inclusive, and remote-first culture, with significant autonomy and opportunities for technical leadership.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Architect and build robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure.
  • Build a cutting-edge cloud-native platform on public cloud and automate resource management.
  • Improve reliability, security, and cost efficiency of cloud services.

ClickHouse builds a real-time analytics database platform and manages ClickHouse Cloud data plane end-to-end with compute, networking, and security. As a rapidly scaling global startup, the company operates across 25+ countries and fosters a flexible, remote-friendly culture with equity and healthcare benefits.

$157,000–$184,000/yr
US Canada Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Design and build automation systems for package creation, test generation, and image building.
  • Develop AI-powered tooling using LLMs for manifest generation and validation.
  • Write production Go code and create quality tools to improve customer reliability.

Chainguard delivers hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software. Backed by leading investors, they serve Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders.

North America

  • Design, build, and operate production Kubernetes platforms, owning cluster architecture, networking, reliability, and security.
  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and cloud environments, and improve observability and automation.
  • Take ownership of critical infrastructure initiatives, incident response, and mentorship while working autonomously in a remote-first environment.

Our partner is a technology company building and operating large-scale Kubernetes platforms and complex production infrastructure. It is a remote-first organization with a focus on autonomy, technical ownership, and collaboration across North America and Latin America.

$170,000–$235,000/yr
US

  • Design and implement backend services for licensing, entitlements, feature access, and usage limits across NodeZero's product and APIs.
  • Build and evolve provisioning, admin experience, MSP/MSSP capabilities, and audit logging for a multi-tenant SaaS platform.
  • Operate production services with monitoring, incident response, and a high bar for design quality and test coverage.

Horizon3 is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company that helps organizations proactively find, fix, and verify exploitable attack vectors through its NodeZero autonomous pentesting platform. The team is a fusion of former special operations cyber operators and startup engineers, fostering a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

$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.

$180,000–$240,000/yr
US

  • Own large slices of the system end-to-end, from approach to shipping and operations.
  • Maintain the Beads Team Server and Hosted Gas City, focusing on state, concurrency, and reliability.
  • Be a maintainer of the open-source repos, representing community needs and compatibility with our roadmap.

Gas City builds the open-source stack that teams use to run coding agents at scale, including the work graph Beads and the agent orchestration tool Gas City. We are a small, flat organization of founding engineers who work 1:1 with the CTO and run our own product on itself, using agents to write and review code.

$121,000–$142,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Build and improve customer-facing registries, APIs, and artifact-serving systems that make open source software easy to consume securely and reliably.
  • Develop and operate backend services in Go, focusing on scalability, reliability, observability, and performance.
  • Collaborate with engineers and product partners on design, code review, and solving production issues.

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of the software engineers and AI agents rely on. It is a venture-backed company serving Fortune 500 enterprises with a remote-first culture and a focus on customer obsession and intentional action.

India

  • Own architecture health of large-scale distributed systems, including failure modes, capacity constraints, and consistency guarantees.
  • Identify and remediate systemic risks such as single points of failure, unbounded queues, and data-loss scenarios.
  • Work hands-on with Node.js/Go and GCP technologies to prototype solutions and resolve complex failures.

This company operates large-scale distributed systems processing billions of events and messages. Its engineering culture values technical rigor, proactive problem solving, and clear cross-team communication.

$200,000–$220,000/yr
US 12w maternity 12w paternity

  • Design and enhance multi-region, multi-cloud infrastructure for reliability and capacity failover.
  • Author custom Kubernetes tools and infrastructure code using Terraform, Go, Python, or Ruby.
  • Diagnose and fix complex production issues and performance bottlenecks across cloud environments.

Huntress is a cybersecurity company founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators. They provide enterprise-grade security to businesses of all sizes, securing over 5 million endpoints and 11 million identities. Their remote-first team values resilience and collaboration.

$157,000–$184,000/yr
US Canada UK Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Build and maintain core components of the clearing house in Go on GCP, including customer onboarding flows and data ingestion pipelines.
  • Take ownership of ambiguous problems and specific features, driving them from design through production with appropriate testing and observability.
  • Design, implement, and operate reliable agentic workflows that automate complex, multi-step tasks across production systems.

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software. The company is venture-backed by leading investors and serves Fortune 500 enterprises, including OpenAI and Snowflake.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Design, develop, and support enterprise solutions and infrastructure for CIQ's HPC and cloud-native products.
  • Lead architecture discussions, drive proof of concepts, and guide projects from ambiguous requirements to implementation.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, sales, and open-source communities to improve products and share knowledge.

CIQ builds enterprise infrastructure for demanding workloads, including OS, AI, HPC, and cloud-native orchestration. As the founding partner of Rocky Linux, they serve major enterprises and research institutions with a builder-driven, open source culture.

$150,000–$190,000/yr
US Canada Europe

  • Build and enhance SpiceDB, a distributed permissions database, and contribute to the open-source ecosystem.
  • Drive best practices in software development, testing, and CI/CD to ensure robust and scalable platform.
  • Collaborate with a high-performing engineering team to address complex challenges in distributed systems and authorization.

AuthZed creates and maintains SpiceDB, an authorization infrastructure used by companies globally to simplify permission management. As a Series A company, they have a fully remote, hardworking team with a software-driven culture across the US, Canada, and Europe.

US 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Build and improve customer-facing package registries, APIs, and artifact-serving systems for secure software consumption.
  • Develop and operate backend services in Go, owning projects from technical design through deployment and iteration.
  • Collaborate across engineering and product teams to enhance scalability, reliability, and observability of production systems.

This partner company builds secure, reliable systems for serving software artifacts at scale, including customer-facing registries and APIs. It is a collaborative, remote-first environment focused on engineering ownership and continuous learning.

Europe Unlimited PTO

  • Design and build scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure on GCP and AWS.
  • Manage Kubernetes environments and infrastructure as code with Terraform.
  • Drive CI/CD automation, platform reliability, and developer self-service.

The company builds and operates scalable cloud infrastructure and internal developer platforms. It is a globally distributed, fully remote engineering team with a collaborative and inclusive culture.

$200,000–$240,000/yr
US Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Own best practices for managing production infrastructure, including provisioning, scaling, configuration, capacity planning, and monitoring.
  • Build and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure at scale alongside Terraform-provisioned cloud resources.
  • Write custom automation and tooling in Go to reduce manual work and eliminate operational risk.

Turnkey is building the infrastructure for the autonomous economy, providing programmable guardrails that enable organizations to operate with autonomy and control. Founded by the team behind Coinbase Custody, it is a deeply technical, low-ego, high-agency team of experts in cryptography, security, and systems.