Senior Distributed P2P Systems Engineer

webAI; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) match

Health & Wellness stipend

Education support

Function Health subscription

Free parking

Flexible Time Off

Parental leave

Supplemental life insurance

Job summary

webAI is seeking Senior and Staff Engineers to advance secure, distributed AI infrastructure across edge devices and isolated cloud environments.

You will design high-performance synchronization networks, implement content-addressable storage, and collaborate with MLOps, Infra, and Security teams. Proficiency in Rust is required, with ramp-up support if needed. This role emphasizes reliability, privacy, and resilience of distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of backend systems experience.
• Experience with peer-to-peer or decentralized networking frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced synchronization and networking systems for AI across edge to cloud environments.
• Architect data synchronization frameworks using content addressing and Merkle trees.
• Lead performance tuning and debugging of distributed software under constrained networks.
• Ensure security-first design with threat modeling and cryptographic primitives.
• Collaborate with MLOps, Infrastructure, and Security teams to deploy AI components in restricted environments.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and documentation for stakeholders.
• Maintain testing, observability, and validation for reliability and compliance.

Skills

Rust

C++

Go

C

Tools

CRDTs

Merkle trees

Content addressing

Job description

webAI is seeking Senior and Staff Engineers to advance secure, distributed AI infrastructure across edge devices and isolated cloud environments.

You will design high-performance synchronization networks, implement content-addressable storage, and collaborate with MLOps, Infra, and Security teams. Proficiency in Rust is required, with ramp-up support if needed. This role emphasizes reliability, privacy, and resilience of distributed systems.