Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Remote

International Business Machines Corporation; Lowell (MA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in Lowell, MA is seeking a Senior Engineer to help build WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible streaming platform built on object storage. You’ll design and implement scalable backend services and improve the storage engine, while collaborating across a distributed team.

Join a fully remote, international engineering team delivering high‑performance systems for multiple cloud providers. You’ll own critical features, troubleshoot challenges, and mentor teammates as the product

Qualifications

• 5+ years in backend design, scaling, and production support.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, C/C++, or Python.
• Experience with distributed and storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive execution of complex technical projects end to end.
• Build backend services for high performance, scalable systems.
• Troubleshoot issues in a microservices/containerized stack.
• Ensure operational readiness and SLA commitments.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Java/Go/Python

Team collaboration

On-call experience

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Kafka

Job description

IBM Software in Lowell, MA is seeking a Senior Engineer to help build WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible streaming platform built on object storage. You’ll design and implement scalable backend services and improve the storage engine, while collaborating across a distributed team.

Join a fully remote, international engineering team delivering high‑performance systems for multiple cloud providers. You’ll own critical features, troubleshoot challenges, and mentor teammates as the product