Software Engineer, Streaming Systems

Quick Facts

• Role: Software Engineer, Streaming Systems

Description

You will build high-throughput infrastructure that ingests clickstream, product interactions, and transactional data, and performs real-time computation on billions of behavioral events. The platform data powers an AI agent product for marketers, and the system must scale to millions of messages per second with single-second end-to-end latency. You will own projects end-to-end, collaborate with customers on their hardest scaling issues, and influence the technical roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Build streaming infrastructure for ingestion and real-time computation
• Deliver projects from start to finish with high ownership
• Work directly with customers to solve scaling problems
• Contribute to the technical roadmap based on system performance and demand

Requirements

• Experience and comfort with distributed systems and high-scale systems (or strong ability and desire to build this quickly)
• Comfortable working on high-throughput, low-latency systems
• Ownership mindset in a fast-paced environment
• Preferred: experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka, Kinesis, Pulsar, or Warpstream
• Preferred: experience with high RPS and low p99 latency systems

Benefits

• Remote-first, location independent role
• Base salary range: $180,000–$400,000 USD per year
• Significant equity compensation via ISO options
• Early exercise and a 10-year post-termination exercise window

Interview Process

• Recruiter screen (30m)
• System design screen (45m): end-to-end data processing feature design
• Hiring manager interview (30m)
• System design interview (90m): conceptual system architecture with product and technical requirements