MQTT Platform & Distributed Systems Engineer (SF)

OpenTalent; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion is seeking a Distributed Systems Engineer for an on-site role in San Francisco to scale infrastructure and own major architecture decisions. You will help build the platform that supports product features, applying generalist software engineering skills to scale from 0 to 1.

The successful candidate will work on MQTT-based messaging and platform-level systems, delivering robust, scalable architecture in a fast-paced startup environment with zero-bureaucracy culture.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating distributed systems.
• Hands-on work with MQTT messaging and scalability challenges.
• Ability to contribute to platform-level architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

• Scale infrastructure and own major architecture decisions.
• Build and evolve the platform that powers product features.
• Work as a generalist software engineer addressing 0-1 scale challenges.

Skills

Distributed systems

MQTT

Platform

Scalability

Job description

Orion is seeking a Distributed Systems Engineer for an on-site role in San Francisco to scale infrastructure and own major architecture decisions. You will help build the platform that supports product features, applying generalist software engineering skills to scale from 0 to 1.

The successful candidate will work on MQTT-based messaging and platform-level systems, delivering robust, scalable architecture in a fast-paced startup environment with zero-bureaucracy culture.