Distributed Systems Engineer
Designs and builds scalable distributed systems handling large data volumes for investment management platform. Requires strong systems fundamentals, logical reasoning, and experience with scalability challenges; Golang and related tech preferred.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Architect or contribute to systems solving complex business challenges, focusing on scalability, distributed systems, and large data volumes.
Requirements
- Strong logical reasoning and ability to simplify complex problems.
- Build clear mental models and approach complicated systems methodically.
- Solid understanding of design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and general systems fundamentals.
- Demonstrated experience with scalability, distributed systems, and large data volumes.
- Willingness to independently figure things out.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with Golang, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Kafka, ClickHouse, and cloud functions (e.g., AWS Lambda).
- Event-driven systems, trading systems, portfolio management or accounting systems.
Compensation
- Salary range: $200,000 to $325,000 + initial equity grant + annual performance-based equity bonuses.
- Actual compensation varies based on skills, experience, and interview performance.
Skills
Go, gRPC, Postgres, Kafka, ClickHouse, AWS Lambda, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Systems
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