Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Remote

International Business Machines Corporation; Armonk (NY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is seeking a Senior Engineer for WarpStream, a Kafka-compatible data streaming platform built atop object storage. You will work across the stack, from storage engines to a developer console, improving scalability and reliability in a small team.

The role offers remote work with engineers distributed across multiple regions, and opportunities to tackle complex distributed systems challenges at scale across cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Qualifications

• Strong programming and algorithmic skills across multiple languages.
• Experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems in production.
• Deep curiosity for distributed and storage systems; focus on delivery and quality.

Responsibilities

• Independently drive execution of complex technical projects end to end.
• Build mission-critical backend services that are scalable, reliable, and high-performing.
• Troubleshoot and debug within a deep tech stack including microservices and containers.
• Ensure operational readiness and meet availability and performance SLAs.

Skills

Java

Go

C/C++

Python

Distributed systems

Storage systems

Documentation

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is seeking a Senior Engineer for WarpStream, a Kafka-compatible data streaming platform built atop object storage. You will work across the stack, from storage engines to a developer console, improving scalability and reliability in a small team.

The role offers remote work with engineers distributed across multiple regions, and opportunities to tackle complex distributed systems challenges at scale across cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure.