Staff Distributed Systems Engineer — AI Infra, Open Source

TrustIn

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 450,000 - 550,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

An early-stage AI infrastructure company in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Distributed Systems Engineer to design and scale their core platform used by thousands of developers. This senior role focuses on distributed systems components, emphasizing performance and reliability. Candidates should have 8+ years in the domain and strong programming skills in languages such as Go, Rust, or C++. The position offers competitive compensation and equity options.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in distributed systems or low-level infrastructure.
  • Strong experience with programming languages like Go, Rust, or C++.
  • Solid understanding of networking, concurrency, and distributed algorithms.

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of major distributed systems components focusing on performance.
  • Design and scale the core platform for AI tools.
  • Work on distributed execution runtimes and low-latency control planes.

Skills

Distributed systems
Go
Rust
C++
Concurrency
Networking
Distributed algorithms
Startup experience

Job description

An early-stage AI infrastructure company in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Distributed Systems Engineer to design and scale their core platform used by thousands of developers. This senior role focuses on distributed systems components, emphasizing performance and reliability. Candidates should have 8+ years in the domain and strong programming skills in languages such as Go, Rust, or C++. The position offers competitive compensation and equity options.
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