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Global Unlimited PTO

  • Set technical direction for InfluxDB 3.0, a columnar time series database built in Rust with Apache Arrow and DataFusion.
  • Design and write production Rust for the storage engine: ingestion, compaction, columnar storage, caching, and query execution.
  • Lead engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and represent InfluxData to executives and customers.

Rust Distributed Systems

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$127,500–$172,500/yr
Global

  • Design and implement new features for InfluxDB 3, including Import/Export, Data Transformation Pipelines, and WebUI integration.
  • Debug and fix issues such as performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, and other production problems.
  • Be part of a production on-call rotation and work directly with the platform team to improve operational aspects.

InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, the leading time series platform for collecting, storing, and analyzing all time series data at any scale. It is a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce.

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.

$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.

$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.

Dragos is a global leader in OT/ICS cybersecurity, combining technology, threat intelligence, and expert services to protect critical infrastructure. The remote-first team across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC is built on authenticity, transparency, and trust.

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.

$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.

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.

Global

  • Driving the progress of the Turso Open Source database, in particular the Postgres compatibility layer.
  • Making sure code works, and never breaks, and putting the systems and guarantees in place for that to happen.
  • Maintaining the Turso Cloud operations, including the Cloud API and data plane operations.

Supabase is the Postgres development platform, built by developers for developers, providing a complete backend solution including Database, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime, and Vector Search. The company is born-remote and open-source-first, with ~400 team members across 60+ countries, moving fast and building in public.

France

  • Improve the ease of use and security of Firefox in large deployments by developing better administration and monitoring tools.
  • Improve Firefox functionality through better integration with remote services and assess what work supports the team roadmap.
  • Work with a geographically-distributed development team to deliver on objectives.

Mozilla is a non-profit-backed technology company that builds open-source software like the Firefox browser, with a mission to keep the internet accessible to all. With more than 225 million monthly users and thousands of volunteers and contributors worldwide, the company values diverse voices and a mission-driven 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.

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.

$120,078–$144,094/yr
North America 6w PTO

  • Own technical direction for Tempo, the open-source tracing backend, on multi-month initiatives spanning design, delivery, and operations.
  • Own major components like ingestion, storage, query, and metrics generation while driving operational excellence through automation and SLOs.
  • Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, staff, and community teams to evolve Tempo into a platform for observability products.

Grafana Labs builds Grafana Cloud, a managed observability platform trusted by 10,000+ organizations. We are 100% remote with team members in 40+ countries and a collaborative, open-source-driven culture.