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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.

Rust Go Distributed Systems Data Engineering

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US Unlimited PTO

  • Lead the architecture and development of the Hercules Database, backend services, and SDKs.
  • Engineer for low latency, high throughput, and efficient resource use across data-intensive, multi-tenant systems.
  • Build and operate reliable hosting infrastructure with strong tenant isolation, observability, and failure resilience.

Hercules builds the future of AI software development with a platform-as-a-service including a database, backend services, and SDKs. It is an early-stage company with a founding team based in San Francisco and a culture that values shipping fast, excellence, and hunger.

$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.

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.

US

  • Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed database and storage systems.
  • Build performance-critical infrastructure using Go, Rust, C++, or similar systems programming languages.
  • Operate production systems and troubleshoot complex reliability, performance, and availability issues.

This company builds and operates large-scale distributed database and storage infrastructure with a focus on low latency and high availability. They offer a fully remote, multinational work environment and comprehensive healthcare coverage.

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.

US

  • Develop core backend infrastructure for blockchain execution and Ethereum scaling.
  • Tackle distributed systems challenges involving reliability, performance, and scalability.
  • Strengthen security and drive projects from investigation through implementation.

They build foundational infrastructure for Ethereum scalability, security, and decentralized applications. They are a remote-first, globally distributed team collaborating across research, product, and blockchain engineering.

$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.

Europe Americas

  • Own the architecture of Alpaca's event streaming platform and set its 2-3 year direction.
  • Lead the shift from batch to event-driven systems across the company, working with team owners.
  • Shape streaming at scale: fan-out, backpressure, delivery guarantees, and failure modes.

Alpaca is a US-headquartered global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, and more, serving financial institutions across 40 countries. The company is backed by $400 million in funding and has a globally distributed team of 400+ members who value curiosity, empathy, and accountability.

Americas

  • Build and run the systems behind Alpaca's lending and borrowing products, from APIs to batch pipelines.
  • Own a project end-to-end, from the first conversation to what's running in production.
  • Take your turn on call and fix root causes instead of living with them.

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and more. With 400+ globally distributed team members and backing from top-tier investors, Alpaca is committed to opening financial services to everyone on the planet.

Europe South Africa 5w PTO

  • Design and implement core backend services for high-performance, distributed payment systems.
  • Take ownership of architectural decisions, balancing scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve developer experience through testing, code reviews, and documentation.

The company builds payment infrastructure that lets businesses manage payments efficiently across international markets. It is a globally distributed, product-driven engineering team that values collaboration, engineering excellence, and long-term growth.

US

  • Build and operate large-scale CDC and batch export systems that move data across Airbnb's online databases.
  • Shape the architecture of a unified data movement platform that powers Data as a Service.
  • Collaborate with partner teams and leadership to deliver multi-month infrastructure projects reliably.

Airbnb is an online marketplace that connects hosts offering unique stays and experiences with guests seeking authentic connections to communities worldwide. The company has grown to over 5 million hosts welcoming over 2 billion guest arrivals and values inclusion, belonging, and creative innovation.

$146,000–$225,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Break down larger projects into individual tasks and deliver them in phases with support from your tech lead and manager.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics to make decisions that consider risks and trade-offs.
  • Support operations and availability of your team's artifacts by creating metrics and participating in on-call efforts.

Affirm is a financial technology company that provides transparent, flexible payment solutions. The company is remote-first and fosters a culture of care, transparency, and flexibility.

Europe US

  • Work on the heart of broker-dealer operations: clearing and settlement for US equities and options, ensuring systems are reliable and scalable.
  • Design and build new systems to enable new product offerings and revenue streams, from ideation to deployment.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain system health while prioritizing elimination of issues to protect team free time.

Alpaca is a US-headquartered global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, and more, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries. The team is a dynamic group of 400+ globally distributed members who thrive working from their favorite places around the world, with a culture valuing curiosity, empathy, and accountability.

$193,461–$291,000/yr
US

  • Work on core infrastructure powering Arbitrum, tackling distributed systems challenges and optimizing performance.
  • Collaborate with research, product, and blockchain engineering teams at the cutting edge of blockchain technology.
  • Establish backend architectural standards and drive technical roadmap for complex distributed systems.

Offchain Labs is a pioneer in blockchain scalability and security, building the Arbitrum stack that powers the leading Ethereum scaling solution. Backed by $124 million in funding, our team of thinkers and doers embraces new challenges and pushes boundaries.

North America Unlimited PTO

  • Architect how GitLab and third-party data is ingested, modeled, and synced into a near-real-time knowledge graph.
  • Lead integration with external systems and architect the Data Marketplace for Snowflake, Databricks, and BigQuery.
  • Define operational readiness and mentor senior and intermediate engineers across the team.

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, helping organizations increase developer productivity and accelerate digital transformation. With more than 50 million registered users and over 50% of the Fortune 100, GitLab fosters a high-performance, AI-driven culture where every voice is valued.

$180,000–$400,000/yr
Global

  • Build high-throughput streaming infrastructure that ingests billions of behavioral events and powers real-time personalization.
  • Own projects from start to finish and shape the technical roadmap for the Streaming Systems team.
  • Work directly with customers to solve their hardest scaling and low-latency challenges.

They build high-throughput streaming systems that ingest and process billions of behavioral events to power an AI agent for marketers. They are a fast-paced, remote-first startup with a 10x revenue growth in streaming products and a culture of high ownership and autonomy.

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.

$180,000–$400,000/yr
Global

  • Lead architecture for streaming systems handling millions of messages per second with sub-second latency.
  • Own greenfield projects end-to-end and mentor engineers to raise technical excellence.
  • Work with customers on scaling challenges and shape the technical roadmap.

They build a real-time platform that ingests billions of behavioral events to power their 'Cursor for Marketers' AI agent product. They are a remote-first startup with a fast-paced culture, high ownership, and meaningful equity for engineers.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Lead architecture, technical direction, and execution of complex, business-critical initiatives across the Brand platform.
  • Partner with product, design, data, and platform teams to align technical decisions with business outcomes.
  • Mentor engineers and raise the engineering bar through design reviews, code reviews, and operational excellence.

LTK empowers premium lifestyle creators to monetize their content through a global platform connecting brands, creators, and shoppers. Headquartered in Dallas, it operates across five continents with a remote-first, productivity-first culture.

$182,600–$295,350/yr
US

  • Set technical direction for complex, high-impact systems and cross-team initiatives.
  • Lead architecture and design work that improves scalability, performance, reliability, and security.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to connect technical investments to customer outcomes.

LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that helps engineering teams ship software and AI with speed, safety, and control. The company values humility, openness, collaboration, and care, and operates with high trust and transparency.