Senior Backend Engineer – Data-Intensive Platform Storage

Kentik; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% premiums paid for health, vision, dental

Annual Health Reimbursement Account

Paid family & medical leave

Open PTO and wellness days

401(k) retirement account

Home office reimbursement

Stock options

Job summary

Kentik is looking for a Senior Staff Engineer in the KDE Storage Team to design and scale a high-performance storage layer that services network monitoring data. The role requires 7+ years of backend development experience using Go/C/Rust and a strong appreciation for distributed systems. Collaboration is key in our remote-friendly culture. The salary range is competitive, at $200,000–$245,000, and Kentik offers excellent benefits, including full health coverage and open PTO.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend development using Go/C/Rust, with strong understanding of distributed systems.
• Experience with Timeseries Databases and designing tiered storage strategies.
• Strong collaboration skills, essential for working in a remote-friendly culture.

Responsibilities

• Co-own, design, and scale a high-performance storage layer servicing network monitoring data.
• Define and lead execution of a technical roadmap for KDE Storage services.
• Collaborate with teams to drive platform-wide storage standards.

Skills

Backend development using Go/C/Rust

Understanding of distributed systems

High-throughput data pipelines

Experience with Timeseries Databases

Object storage or distributed filesystems

Tiered storage strategies

Collaboration skills

Tools

Kafka

Redis

Postgres/MySQL

GitHub

Jenkins

Jira

Job description

Kentik is looking for a Senior Staff Engineer in the KDE Storage Team to design and scale a high-performance storage layer that services network monitoring data. The role requires 7+ years of backend development experience using Go/C/Rust and a strong appreciation for distributed systems. Collaboration is key in our remote-friendly culture. The salary range is competitive, at $200,000–$245,000, and Kentik offers excellent benefits, including full health coverage and open PTO.