Principal Distributed Systems Engineer

Principal Distributed Systems Engineer
Location: Remote (US & Canada)
Type: Full-Time

Join a senior engineering team building large-scale distributed and AI-driven systems. You'll design, scale, and optimize the core services that power real-time, intelligent decisioning across billions of events.

Responsibilities

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Architect and scale distributed and agentic AI systems.
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Drive best practices in scalability, consistency, and fault tolerance.
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Lead development of core platform services and real-time analytics.
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Ensure resilience, observability, and operational excellence.
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Collaborate with Data, AI, Product, and Platform teams.

Requirements

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10+ years in distributed systems engineering.
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Strong knowledge of distributed systems theory and high-throughput architectures.
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Experience with Kafka, Pulsar, DynamoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Flink, etc.
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Hands-on with AI agents, RAG, and durable workflows.
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Proficient in Python (preferred), Go, Rust, or Java.
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Deep AWS experience (S3, ECS/EKS, DynamoDB, Lambda, Bedrock).
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Strong architectural leadership and mentorship skills.

If you're passionate about building resilient, large-scale systems and driving technical direction, we'd love to connect.