Senior Staff Architect, Distributed Systems Leader

Alluxio, Inc.; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Alluxio, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer – Distributed Systems to lead the architecture and evolution of a next-generation distributed data platform.

You will drive system-level design decisions to scale to thousands of nodes and exabytes of data while maintaining performance, reliability, and usability. You will mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and collaborate with product management to turn goals into scalable technical solutions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a technical leadership or architect role driving system-level design
• Hands-on development experience in general-purpose languages (Java, C/C++, Go)
• Experience architecting distributed and/or storage systems
• Proven ability to lead end-to-end architecture reviews and mentor senior engineers
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills and influence across teams

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture and design of large-scale distributed systems powering the Alluxio platform.
• Drive technical strategy and architectural direction across multiple teams and components.
• Design systems for high scalability, fault tolerance, performance, and data durability.
• Provide hands-on development and deep technical guidance in critical areas of the system.
• Lead complex system design reviews and mentor senior engineers on distributed systems design.
• Identify and resolve system-level performance bottlenecks and reliability challenges.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering leadership to translate product goals into technical solutions.
• Influence open-source contributions and architectural thought leadership.

Skills

Java

C/C++

Go

Distributed Systems

Distributed Storage

Large-scale Architectures

Communication

Education

Master's or Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

Alluxio, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer – Distributed Systems to lead the architecture and evolution of a next-generation distributed data platform.

You will drive system-level design decisions to scale to thousands of nodes and exabytes of data while maintaining performance, reliability, and usability. You will mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and collaborate with product management to turn goals into scalable technical solutions.