Remote Senior Software Engineer

Description:

• Ditto is on a mission to unleash the full power of edge devices by removing all the plumbing required to build amazing applications.
• The company is a globally remote team that values trust, communication, and continuous improvement.
• Ditto aims to expand the internet beyond traditional reach with groundbreaking software that empowers devices to synchronize data in real-time using cutting-edge peer-to-peer technology.
• The Senior Software Engineer - Big Peer will design and build scalable, high-performance distributed systems.
• Responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining highly available and performant distributed systems.
• The engineer will develop, optimize, and maintain infrastructure that supports Ditto’s peer-to-peer technology, focusing on scaling data synchronization.
• The role involves designing and maintaining high-performance, consistent caches and proxies to bridge Big Peers and Small Peers in the network.
• Ensuring data consistency and system performance by implementing correctness and load tests is essential.
• Collaboration with the SRE team to monitor, debug, and optimize distributed systems in production environments is required.
• The engineer will implement automation tools and processes to streamline infrastructure management and deployments.
• Writing technical documentation, RFCs, and contributing to system architecture designs is part of the job.
• The role includes driving performance tuning efforts to ensure systems meet the demands of large-scale, distributed environments.
• Participation in on-call rotations, partnering with the SRE team to manage production systems and ensure uptime is expected.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.
• Candidates should have 2-5 years of experience in software engineering, focusing on distributed systems and low-level programming languages like Rust and/or modern C/C++.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, as well as containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, is necessary.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization techniques is essential.
• Excellent communication skills, especially in asynchronous collaboration, are required.
• The ability to work effectively in a globally distributed team is a must.

Benefits:

• Ditto offers competitive salaries to its employees.
• Employees are provided with stock options as part of their compensation.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage is included.
• A flexible spending account (FSA) is available for employees.
• The company has a flexible vacation policy to support work-life balance.
• A 401(k) plan is offered to help employees save for retirement.