Staff Engineer: Distributed Systems & Platform Architecture

Pragmatike; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefit package

Job summary

Pragmatike is recruiting a Staff level Member of Technical Staff to lead high-impact technical initiatives and solve complex engineering problems spanning multiple systems and teams. Location: United States - Remote. Compensation: $200,000-$350,000 USD. Start: ASAP.

You will lead architecture and implementation of critical platform capabilities, own complex initiatives, design scalable distributed systems, and mentor engineers while guiding long-term technology decisions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with distributed systems and system architecture.
• Deep proficiency in at least one major programming language.
• Experience operating systems at meaningful scale.
• Strong technical leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to influence across teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and implementation of critical platform capabilities.
• Own complex technical initiatives from conception through production.
• Design scalable distributed systems and services.
• Identify and resolve architectural, reliability, and performance bottlenecks.
• Establish engineering patterns and technical standards.
• Collaborate across Product, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Influence long-term platform architecture and technology decisions.

Skills

Distributed systems

System architecture

Programming language

Operating systems at scale

Technical leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Pragmatike is recruiting a Staff level Member of Technical Staff to lead high-impact technical initiatives and solve complex engineering problems spanning multiple systems and teams. Location: United States - Remote. Compensation: $200,000-$350,000 USD. Start: ASAP.

You will lead architecture and implementation of critical platform capabilities, own complex initiatives, design scalable distributed systems, and mentor engineers while guiding long-term technology decisions.