Senior Systems Engineer — Scale Distributed Infra in NYC

Blacksmith Software Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Software Inc. in New York City is seeking a senior systems software engineer to develop and scale distributed infrastructure, focusing on performance and reliability of the filesystem, network, and storage stack.

The role involves coding in C/C++, Go, Rust, or Zig, improving self-hosted infrastructure, and building from first principles in a fast-moving startup. You will join a small, in-person team five days a week in NYC.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience in distributed environments.
• Experience with C, C++, Go, Rust, or Zig.
• Strong focus on performance, correctness, and safety.
• Familiarity with build automation and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Experience with distributed storage systems like Ceph or MinIO.

Skills

5+ years exp

Distributed systems

C/C++/Go/Rust/Zig

In-person NYC

Ansible/Puppet/Chef

Ceph/MinIO familiarity

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

Blacksmith Software Inc. in New York City is seeking a senior systems software engineer to develop and scale distributed infrastructure, focusing on performance and reliability of the filesystem, network, and storage stack.

The role involves coding in C/C++, Go, Rust, or Zig, improving self-hosted infrastructure, and building from first principles in a fast-moving startup. You will join a small, in-person team five days a week in NYC.