Senior Systems Engineer — Scale Distributed Infra (Onsite NYC)

Blacksmith; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith is building a fast, self-hosted CI infrastructure and a scalable worker platform in NYC. We’re seeking engineers with 5+ years in software development and deep experience with distributed systems and performance tuning.

You’ll work closely on low-level systems in C, C++, Go, Rust, or Zig and join a small in-person team five days a week to ship core infrastructure. Ideal candidates thrive on building from first principles, enjoy operating large-scale bare-metal fleets, and are excited

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience, preferably in distributed or performance-critical environments.
• Comfort writing and debugging in C, C++, Go, Rust, or Zig and focus on correctness and safety.
• Familiarity with self-hosting infrastructure and build/configuration tooling.
• Willingness to work in person in NYC five days a week.

Skills

Distributed systems

C

C++

Go

Rust

Zig

Performance optimization

Self-hosting

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Ceph

MinIO

Job description

Blacksmith is building a fast, self-hosted CI infrastructure and a scalable worker platform in NYC. We’re seeking engineers with 5+ years in software development and deep experience with distributed systems and performance tuning.

You’ll work closely on low-level systems in C, C++, Go, Rust, or Zig and join a small in-person team five days a week to ship core infrastructure. Ideal candidates thrive on building from first principles, enjoy operating large-scale bare-metal fleets, and are excited