Senior Staff Engineer Scalable Distributed Systems (Remote)

Pragmatike; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Job summary

Pragmatike is recruiting for a leadership-driven backend engineering role focused on building scalable infrastructure and software systems in a remote US-based setup. You will lead architecture, own large-scale initiatives, and mentor engineers while shaping long-term platform decisions.

The role requires expert command of distributed systems, high-scale design, and strong cross-team collaboration. You will influence architecture and technology direction in a fast-moving, collaborative

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems and system architecture.
• Deep proficiency in at least one major programming language.
• Experience operating systems at meaningful scale.
• Strong technical leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to influence across teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and implementation of critical platform capabilities.
• Own complex technical initiatives from conception through production.
• Design scalable distributed systems and services.
• Identify and resolve architectural, reliability, and performance bottlenecks.
• Establish engineering patterns and technical standards.
• Collaborate across Product, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Influence long-term platform architecture and technology decisions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Major language

OS at scale

Communication skills

Job description

Pragmatike is recruiting for a leadership-driven backend engineering role focused on building scalable infrastructure and software systems in a remote US-based setup. You will lead architecture, own large-scale initiatives, and mentor engineers while shaping long-term platform decisions.

The role requires expert command of distributed systems, high-scale design, and strong cross-team collaboration. You will influence architecture and technology direction in a fast-moving, collaborative