Staff Software Engineer: Platform R&D

SolarWinds; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

SolarWinds in Austin seeks an experienced backend engineer to design and implement scalable distributed systems and data pipelines for high-volume telemetry data. You will provide technical leadership, define architecture, and mentor engineers to achieve operational excellence across the platform.

The role requires 8+ years building production backend systems at scale, with proficiency in Rust, Go, Java, or Python and cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

• Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience building production backend systems at scale.
• Proficiency in Rust, Go, Java, or Python and cloud-native environments is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable distributed backend systems and data pipelines for high-volume telemetry data.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture definition, mentoring engineers, and driving operational excellence.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Backend Engineering

Cloud-Native Infrastructure

Data Pipelines

Rust

Go

Java

Python

Kubernetes

API Design

System Architecture

Performance Tuning

Observability

Fault Tolerance

Technical Leadership

Job description

Design and implement scalable distributed backend systems and data pipelines for high-volume telemetry data. Provide technical leadership by defining architecture, mentoring engineers, and driving operational excellence across the platform.

Requirements: Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong background in building production backend systems at scale. Proficiency in modern languages like Rust, Go, Java, or Python and experience with cloud-native environments are essential.

Key Skills: Distributed Systems, Backend Engineering, Cloud-Native Infrastructure, Data Pipelines, Rust, Go, Java, Python, Kubernetes, API Design, System Architecture, Performance Tuning, Event-Driven Architecture, Observability, Fault Tolerance, Technical Leadership