Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Platform

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us evolve these features. You will collaborate directly with our users, tackle performance-critical code, and solve complex distributed systems challenges across the control plane, client libraries, and data plane.

What it asks for · 10

• You are a self-starter who experiments methodically, iterates rapidly, and views failure as a learning opportunity.
• You are a finisher who takes the projects through the finish line and does not stop at shipping code.
• You thrive in collaborative environments, championing a blameless culture and actively fostering the growth of your teammates.
• You communicate complex ideas effectively, with experience gathering requirements from stakeholders and leading high-impact technical initiatives.
• You are deeply committed to user experience, ensuring the tools you build empower developers.
• You have strong proficiency in low-level languages (ideally Rust).
• You have a passion for deep-dive investigations, particularly in performance optimization and debugging complex systems.
• You are curious about AI and actively leverage it to enhance your development workflow.
• Bonus: Direct experience operating or using large-scale streaming systems like Kafka.
• Bonus: Familiarity with language bindings and FFI.

What the job covers

• Architect and implement resilient interactions between our client libraries and the control plane.
• Optimize our high-throughput, low-level streaming library to push the boundaries of performance and efficiency.
• Champion the developer experience by providing exceptional support, technical documentation, and proactive troubleshooting for our wide user base.
• Lead high-stakes technical projects, maintaining end-to-end accountability for their delivery and quality.
• Collaborate with partner teams on delivering projects wider than your team's scope.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns, fostering a culture of technical excellence and shared knowledge.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• client6×
• complex4×
• data4×
• engineer4×
• experience4×
• library4×
• systems4×
• technical4×
• user4×
• builds3×
• control plane3×
• culture3×
• distributed3×
• hundreds3×
• operate3×
• performance3×

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