Remote Staff Software Engineer - Runtime

Description:

• The company is establishing the first distributed AI infrastructure dedicated to personalized AI, focusing on scalability and flexibility for a data-driven society.
• The Staff Software Engineer on the Runtime team will be a technical leader responsible for architecting, designing, and evolving core systems that power the company's services.
• The role involves defining the technical strategy for high-performance runtime components, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency under heavy workloads.
• Responsibilities include leading cross-functional initiatives, mentoring engineers, and making critical architectural decisions that shape the future of the runtime platform.
• The engineer will collaborate with leadership on technical strategy and represent the engineering perspective in product and business decisions.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience is required.
• Candidates must have 8+ years of experience in product-driven backend engineering, with significant experience in distributed systems, platform engineering, or embedded systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in Go and experience architecting large-scale Go applications is necessary.
• Deep experience with messaging systems (MQTT, Kafka, Nats) and the ability to make informed decisions about system trade-offs is required.
• Extensive experience with deployment pipelines, CI/CD processes, and the ability to design and implement custom deployment strategies for complex distributed architectures is essential.
• A proven track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and mentoring senior engineers is expected.
• Experience with system performance optimization, scalability challenges, and edge computing environments is required.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
• A comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits package is provided.
• The company offers a 401k match.
• Employees receive a $200/month health and wellness stipend.
• There is a $400/year continuing education credit available.
• Free parking is provided for in-office employees.
• The company offers unlimited approved PTO.
• Parental and bereavement leave are included.
• Supplemental life insurance is available.