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India 5w PTO 26w maternity 2w paternity

  • Lead architecture and delivery of distributed cloud-native applications for high concurrency and real-time data needs.
  • Build scalable data pipelines, streaming analytics, and integrate ML/AI workflows with data science and engineering partners.
  • Set engineering standards for code quality, security, reliability, and mentor peers while decomposing legacy systems into microservices.

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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.

India

  • You will design, develop, and maintain backend services powering Twilio Flex's high-scale TaskRouter system.
  • You will set technical direction for distributed systems, owning architecture for cross-team problems spanning multiple quarters.
  • You will raise the engineering bar through design review, code review, and mentorship of senior and mid-level engineers.

Twilio is shaping the future of communications by delivering innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empowering millions of developers worldwide. As a remote-first company with a strong culture of connection and global inclusion, we have a diverse team making a global impact each day.

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.

US

  • Own architecture, design, and production delivery of financing products and features.
  • Build and maintain backend services and APIs for loan lifecycle, risk, and real-time position tracking.
  • Partner with Product, Risk, Operations, and engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions.

US Security & IT builds financing systems for institutional lending, managing billions across products such as leverage and yield. They are a remote-first employer with a high-impact engineering culture centered on reliability and impact.

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.

US UK Canada Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Own features end-to-end from design through implementation, rollout, and iteration.
  • Design, build, and evolve backend systems (Go, REST/gRPC APIs) for entitlement, policy, and customer onboarding services.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior and mid-level engineers.

Chainguard delivers hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software to help organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. It is venture-backed by leading investors and serves Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders.

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.

India

  • Own and evolve distributed systems architecture for platform services, ensuring reliability and performance at enterprise scale.
  • Drive cost optimization, observability, and incident management practices across cloud infrastructure.
  • Hire, mentor, and grow engineers while partnering cross-functionally to align platform capabilities with organizational needs.

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

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.

Poland

  • Architect and develop reliable, scalable backend services for a business-critical energy trading platform.
  • Leverage AI-assisted coding tools and TDD to accelerate delivery while maintaining high engineering standards.
  • Mentor engineers and collaborate with product and frontend teams to shape architectural decisions.

The company develops a business-critical energy trading platform with demanding reliability and scalability requirements. They embrace an AI-first engineering culture and offer fully remote work with opportunities for mentorship and technical ownership.

$140,000–$170,000/yr
US

  • Design and build Go services that transform core banking data into a consistent model for downstream applications.
  • Partner with Profile and data engineers to define extraction points and build APIs or event streams.
  • Enforce data integrity, access boundaries, and schema versioning so core changes don't ripple to consumers.

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, and their customers. The company has succeeded for over 20 years with a collaborative, creative, and continuous-learning culture.

$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.

Docker builds developer tools trusted by over 20 million monthly users and billions of container pulls. It is a globally distributed, remote-first team with a culture of trust, flexibility, and engineering excellence.

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.

India

  • Build and operate core platform components like queues, storage layers, caching, schedulers, and rate limiters.
  • Own architecture, implementation, monitoring, and production reliability for high-throughput distributed systems.
  • Work with Node.js/TypeScript, Go, GCP, Kubernetes, Redis, MongoDB, and other large-scale data technologies.

The hiring company builds and operates platform infrastructure for large-scale CRM, automation, and communication systems, processing billions of events and messages monthly. Its engineering culture emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and high standards for reliability and production quality.

$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.

$195,000–$280,000/yr
US 4w PTO 12w maternity 12w paternity

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable back end services and APIs for Quanata's products.
  • Architect data flows, database schemas, and cloud infrastructure with a focus on reliability and security.
  • Mentor engineers and shape technical decisions across complex features from concept to deployment.

Quanata is a technology company in the State Farm family, building products and services for the financial and insurance sectors. It is a remote-first organization that values veterans, supports professional growth, and offers comprehensive benefits.

US 24w maternity 24w paternity

  • Build next-generation backend services for Smartsheet's platform, solving distributed systems challenges.
  • Maintain core infrastructure and manage large-scale databases using AWS, Go, MySQL, Terraform, and Temporal.
  • Collaborate via mob programming, practice TDD, and utilize AI tools to improve productivity.

Smartsheet empowers teams to manage work and scale solutions, now uniting human teams with AI agents. We are an ambitious, collaborative company focused on high-quality engineering and collective ownership.

$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.

Brazil

  • Develop scalable backend applications supporting navigation, search, and conversion in real estate.
  • Lead technical discussions, conduct code reviews, and ensure high-quality software delivery.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to solve complex challenges and drive high-value solutions.

The company builds scalable backend solutions for the real estate industry to transform digital buying, selling, and renting experiences. They operate in a remote-first, collaborative culture focused on innovation, inclusion, and measurable impact.

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.