Staff Distributed Systems Engineer

Scrim Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage for employee andDepend

Hardware support

Job summary

Scrim Technologies is seeking an experienced Lead Architect to guide high-throughput distributed systems across backend services, event pipelines, and cross-region replication. You will shape technical direction, mentor senior engineers, and drive safe evolution of critical systems.

Responsibilities include designing scalable microservices in Go, Rust, or TypeScript/Node.js, building robust storage and caching layers, and advancing performance with benchmarks and canaries.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of production experience designing large-scale distributed backend systems.
• Strong capability in Go, Rust, or modern TypeScript/Node.js, with CS fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL internals, including sharding, transactions, indexing, and read replicas.
• Practical Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform experience.
• Proven ability to deliver critical services with high availability and communicate engineering direction.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale distributed microservices using Go, Rust, or Node.js.
• Build resilient storage and caching architectures with relational databases and key-value stores.
• Improve performance through benchmarking, connection-pool tuning, and asynchronous messaging patterns.
• Apply zero-trust controls, cryptographic authentication, and mutual TLS between services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to move from monoliths to service-based architectures.
• Improve developer workflows with code standards, CI/CD, and canary releases.

Skills

Go

Rust

TypeScript/Node.js

PostgreSQL

Read replicas

Sharding

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Role overview

Lead architecture for high-throughput distributed systems, from backend services and event pipelines to data replication across regions. The work focuses on latency, fault tolerance, availability, and safe evolution of mission-critical systems, while setting technical direction and mentoring experienced engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale distributed microservices using Go, Rust, or Node.js.
• Build resilient storage and caching architectures with relational databases and key-value systems.
• Improve performance through benchmarking, connection-pool tuning, and asynchronous messaging patterns.
• Apply zero-trust controls, cryptographic authentication, and mutual TLS between services.
• Work with enterprise stakeholders to break down legacy monoliths into service-based architectures.
• Improve developer workflows through code standards, CI/CD, and automated canary releases.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of production experience designing large-scale distributed backend systems.
• Strong capability in Go, Rust, or modern TypeScript/Node.js, backed by sound computer science fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of database internals, including PostgreSQL sharding, transactions, indexing, and read replicas.
• Practical Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform experience.
• A record of delivering critical services against high availability targets, with experience communicating asynchronously and guiding technical direction.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time, globally remote role designed for asynchronous collaboration and flexible schedules.
• Compensation is listed at $85,000–$140,000 USD annually plus equity.
• The role description mentions health coverage for the employee and direct dependents, along with hardware support.