Senior Staff Engineer, Distributed Caching

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 485,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking experienced engineers to build a caching layer as a managed service, integral to maintaining fast and correct data paths. This role involves driving technical direction for a managed Redis fleet and collaborating across teams to ensure seamless integration of caching technologies.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience in distributed systems and a strong focus on technical leadership, aiming for optimal performance across multiple environments while optimizing for cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a software engineer building and operating production distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of caching architectures, including invalidation strategies.
• Experience operating Redis, Memcached, or similar in-memory data stores.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical direction for caching infrastructure used across Product and Research.
• Design, build, and operate a managed Redis fleet.
• Optimize latency and reliability on the company’s hottest paths.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Distributed systems

Caching architectures

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Redis

Memcached

Java

Go

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking experienced engineers to build a caching layer as a managed service, integral to maintaining fast and correct data paths. This role involves driving technical direction for a managed Redis fleet and collaborating across teams to ensure seamless integration of caching technologies.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience in distributed systems and a strong focus on technical leadership, aiming for optimal performance across multiple environments while optimizing for cost efficiency.