Staff Engineer, Distributed Systems (Remote)

Pragmatike; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a rapidly scaling technology company building sophisticated infrastructure and software systems. This remote United States opportunity centers on leading architecture and implementing platform capabilities at scale.

You will own complex technical initiatives from conception through production, design scalable distributed systems, and establish engineering patterns. The role demands 7+ years of experience, deep expertise in distributed systems, and strong

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in 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

Leadership

Communication

Influence across teams

Programming language proficiency

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

GPUs

Distributed compute

Job description

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a rapidly scaling technology company building sophisticated infrastructure and software systems. This remote United States opportunity centers on leading architecture and implementing platform capabilities at scale.

You will own complex technical initiatives from conception through production, design scalable distributed systems, and establish engineering patterns. The role demands 7+ years of experience, deep expertise in distributed systems, and strong