Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Granica; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in AI and data optimization is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Systems team. The role involves designing and implementing backend services, optimizing performance, and translating research into production-ready systems. Candidates should have strong experience in distributed systems and coding skills in Go, C++, or Rust. Competitive compensation includes a base salary of $180,000 to $220,000, along with generous benefits and equity opportunities.

Benefits

Generous 401(k) with company match

Premium health, dental, and vision coverage

Catered lunch & dinner at offices

Immigration sponsorship and support

Company hackathons and off‑sites

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in backend or systems engineering.
• Deep experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong coding skills in Go, C++, or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services and distributed systems.
• Optimize compute and storage efficiency through algorithmic improvements.
• Take new research outputs from prototype to production.

Skills

Backend Engineering

Distributed Systems

Algorithmic Optimization

Data Processing

Cloud-Native Development

Tools

Go

C++

Rust

Apache Spark

Kafka

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

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Base pay range

$180,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr

About Granica

Granica is pioneering data‑optimization for large‑scale AI and analytics. Our unified platform slashes storage and compute costs while turbo‑charging data pipelines, empowering enterprises to turn petabytes of raw data into actionable intelligence. Backed by $45 M from NEA and Bain Capital Ventures, we’re scaling fast at the intersection of AI research, distributed systems, and go‑to‑market.

The Team

We’re hiring Software Engineers to join our Systems team, responsible for the core distributed systems that power Granica’s platform. This team owns critical infrastructure and services — including data compression pipelines, performance-sensitive algorithms, and productionization of research outputs. You’ll collaborate across research, product, and infrastructure to drive the evolution of Granica’s core technology.

The Role

You’ll build and evolve Granica’s backend systems — delivering high-throughput, low-latency distributed services that operate at exabyte scale. This includes working on algorithmic optimization, scalable compute pipelines, and customer-facing performance enhancements. You’ll help translate cutting-edge research into production-ready systems and bring new features and improvements to life.

What You’ll Do

Invent

• Design and implement backend services and distributed systems that underpin Granica’s platform.
• Optimize compute and storage efficiency at scale through algorithmic improvements and low-level systems work.
• Build high-performance data pipelines that move and process large volumes of structured and unstructured data.

Own

• Take new research outputs from prototype to production, ensuring correctness, efficiency, and scalability.
• Work closely with Product Engineering to support customer needs and deliver high-quality features.
• Define service-level objectives (SLOs) and implement observability across backend services for reliability and performance.
• Partner with researchers, infrastructure engineers, and product leads to translate technical ideas into shipped features.
• Continuously improve system design and development practices with an eye toward performance and scale.
• Take ownership of major components and drive end-to-end project execution.

What You Bring

• 4+ years of experience in backend, systems, or platform engineering.
• Deep experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems or data infrastructure.
• Strong coding skills in Go, C++, or Rust, with experience building performance-critical backend services.
• Familiarity with big data and stream processing tools such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Arrow, or Parquet.
• Experience with cloud-native development and infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Track record of translating complex technical ideas into production systems.
• Bonus: Experience with applied data compression, storage formats, or high-throughput batch pipelines.

Compensation

$180,000 – $220,000 (base) plus meaningful equity. Uncapped accelerators for over‑achievement.

• Generous 401(k) with company match
• Premium health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Catered lunch & dinner at our offices
• Immigration sponsorship and support
• Company hackathons and off‑sites

Granica celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Software Development

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