Tech Lead - High-Performance Distributed Systems

United States Digital Space LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Technical Lead (Hands-On Distributed Systems) for NYC HQ. This engineering-first leadership role emphasizes building production software while guiding technical direction, mentoring engineers, and leading challenging initiatives.

We value strong backend experience in Rust, C++, or Java, production-grade distributed systems, and a focus on performance, concurrency, and correctness.

Qualifications

• Experience with Rust, C++, or Java in backend or distributed systems (≤140 chars).
• Experience building production-grade distributed systems (≤140 chars).
• Strong interest in performance, concurrency, and correctness (≤140 chars).
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives (≤140 chars).

Responsibilities

• Lead through technical excellence while remaining deeply hands-on (≤140 chars).
• Build complex backend or distributed systems in production (≤140 chars).
• Focus on performance, concurrency, and correctness (≤140 chars).
• Mentor engineers and drive technical direction (≤140 chars).

Skills

Rust

C++

Java

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Technical Lead (Hands-On Distributed Systems) for NYC HQ. This engineering-first leadership role emphasizes building production software while guiding technical direction, mentoring engineers, and leading challenging initiatives.

We value strong backend experience in Rust, C++, or Java, production-grade distributed systems, and a focus on performance, concurrency, and correctness.