Staff Systems Engineer

bitdrift, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

bitdrift, Inc. seeks a senior reliability/systems engineer to tame chaos with Rust-based systems.

You will write Rust code most of the time, design high-performance storage and network components, and drive reliability and efficiency across the stack. You will partner with a top-tier team in a fast-paced environment, champion quality, availability, and observability, and apply best practices using Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes, Envoy, and Terraform.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional systems and reliability engineering experience.
• Proficient in Rust and/or C/C++.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Envoy, Terraform and storage/system optimizations.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Reliability engineering

Systems engineering

Performance optimization

Security practices

Storage optimization

Observability

Monitoring tools (Prometheus Grafana)

Kubernetes

Envoy

Terraform

ClickHouse

DevOps practices

Communication

Teamwork

Self-direction

Front-end/mobile interest

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Kubernetes

Envoy

Terraform

ClickHouse

Job description

When the tech giants arrived, they promised boundless connectivity, endless data, and a digital utopia. Reality check: We're drowning in a sea of useless information. Enter bitdrift. We're here to rewrite the script, giving engineers the power to control the chaos and turn down the noise.

• 8+ years of professional systems and/or reliability engineering experience.
• Love working with Rust or are excited to learn and are proficient in another system language like C/C++.
• In this job 99% of the code you write will be Rust.
• Passionate about best practices and making systems development cleaner, faster, and smarter.
• Passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality, system quality, and reliability.
• Proficient in internal monitoring and observability tools best practices (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, security practices, and storage system optimizations.
• An understanding (or a strong willingness to learn) of modern infrastructure primitives including Kubernetes, Envoy, Terraform, Clickhouse, Terraform, etc. and the “devops” used to run them.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• Ability to self direct, break down tasks, and prioritize.
• Excited to work with a highly skilled team in a fast-paced environment.
• Bonus: experience or interest in dabbling with front-end development or mobile development (iOS/Swift and Android/Kotlin).