Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Trellis; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative startup is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance their real-time bidding services. This fully remote role focuses on designing robust, high-throughput distributed systems using Python and GCP. Join a passionate team dedicated to optimizing cloud infrastructure and shaping the future of technology. With a flat, collaborative culture, opportunities for growth, and competitive compensation, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment. If you're ready to tackle complex scaling challenges and drive product improvements, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Unlimited vacation time

100% employer-paid health insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

401(k) retirement savings plan

Bonuses and equity opportunities

Budget for home office equipment

Quarterly team bonding events

Qualifications

• 7-12 years of engineering experience focused on backend or infrastructure systems.
• Expertise in utilizing GCP managed services for deploying and managing systems.

Responsibilities

• Evolve real-time bidding services and ML serving infrastructure.
• Design and maintain high-throughput distributed systems for data pipelines.

Skills

Python

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Kubernetes

Machine Learning

Distributed Systems

Data Pipelines

Job description

Trellis is a profitable, fast-growing Series A startup backed by top investors like General Catalyst, QED, NYCA, and Amex Ventures.

Our mission: make shopping for home and auto insurance faster, smarter, and easier for everyday Americans.Powered by ML and GenAI, we help people find better insurance — saving them time, money, and stress.

We’re fully remote, built for speed, and led by a third-time fintech founder with a track record of building public companies.

If you move fast, take ownership, and care about your craft, you’ll thrive here.

About the Role

Trellis is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help us scale our Real time bidding services. You’ll join a nimble and driven team where your contributions will shape the future of our product, architecture, and company.

Your primary focus will be designing, implementing, and operating robust, high-throughput distributed services – including ML serving infrastructure – using Python, Kubernetes, and core GCP managed services like GKE, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, and BigQuery. If you thrive on solving complex scaling problems (aiming for 10x growth!) and have deep experience building reliable cloud-native systems, join our fast-paced team and define the future of our technology.

This is a fully remote position, based in the US or Canada, and will report directly into the Head of RTB, Thomas Boquet.

What You’ll Do

• Evolve our real time bidding services, including the machine learning serving services and infrastructure.
• Manage and optimize our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ecosystem.
• Design and maintain high-throughput distributed systems that gracefully handle large-scale data pipelines.
• Own and operate integrations with a growing list of external partners—laying the foundation for long-term growth.
• Be a critical voice in technical strategy, architecture decisions, and product direction.
• Stay fast and focused, delivering impact through smart choices.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes product, data, and fellow engineers.

What You’ll Need

• 7-12 years of engineering experience, with a majority of your time focused on backend or infrastructure systems.
• Expertise in utilizing GCP managed services to effectively deploy, monitor, manage, and scale reliable systems, directly contributing to product improvements and business objectives.
• A “get it done” mindset with the ability to balance speed, performance, and scalability.
• The ability to optimize the tech stack functionally, minimize the required maintenance and maximize value discovery.
• Strong knowledge of architecting for resilience and high availability within cloud infrastructure.

Trellis is a fantastic place to work

Join a talented, passionate team:

• Flat, collaborative, transparent culture; get in at the ground floor and be a true business partner
• Opportunities for growth and development within your role and all areas of the organization
• 75th-percentile (competitive!) compensation
• 100% remote work environment
• Quarterly, fun team bonding events

Trellis additionally offers competitive benefits:

• Unlimited vacation time
• 100% employer-paid Platinum-tier health insurance for employee, 65% for dependents
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Bonuses and equity opportunities
• Budget for home office equipment