Principal Engineer (Fully Remote)

N A; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

N A is seeking a seasoned distributed-systems engineer to lead architecture for high-throughput streaming systems, delivering sub-second latency at millions of messages per second.

You will mentor peers, design zero-downtime deployments for real-time services, and help optimize caching and dedup at scale as part of a remote-first, equity-rich startup that ingests billions of behavioral events to power its AI agent product.

Qualifications

• Experienced engineer focused on distributed systems.
• Strong ability to mentor and elevate other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for high-throughput streaming systems.
• Build zero-downtime deployment patterns for real-time services.
• Optimize caching and dedup at massive scale.

Skills

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Job description

• Lead architecture for high-throughput streaming systems.
• Ensure sub-second latency at millions of messages per second.

What You'll Work On:

• Optimize caching and design dedup at massive scale.
• Build zero-downtime deployment patterns for real-time services.

Who You Are:

• Experienced engineer passionate about distributed systems.
• Ready to mentor and level up engineers around you.

They build a real-time platform that ingests billions of behavioral events to power their 'Cursor for Marketers' AI agent product. They are a remote-first startup with a fast-paced culture, high ownership, and meaningful equity for engineers.