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Sr Staff Software Engineer

USARemoteFull-time$172k2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid · Namibia, Canada

Core

Design and lead end-to-end architecture for Zero Copy Connectors, Remote Process Sync, and Private Connectivity within a large-scale distributed data platform.

Role type

Sr Staff Software Engineer (Distributed Systems & Data Platforms)

Builds

Zero Copy Connectors, Remote Process Sync, Private Connectivity, Data Fabric, Trino connectors, Stream Connect, ETL, and Import Sets

Domain

Data Engineering / Distributed Systems

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Query processing, Data integration, Change data capture, Streaming pipelines, Concurrency control, Fault tolerance, Kubernetes, Multi-tenant SaaS, Data security, Java, C++, Go, Scala, Performance benchmarking, Root-cause analysis

Preferred skills

Trino internals, Connector SPI, Federated SQL engines, Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris, Spark, Delta Lake, Kafka, CDC, Cloud data warehouses, JDBC/REST, OAuth, Enterprise escalations, Data observability

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end architecture for Zero Copy Connectors and Remote Process Sync, Architect Private Connectivity using reverse tunneling and mTLS, Lead architecture and design reviews, Write production code and prototype approaches, Handle complex production escalations and root-cause analysis, Mentor senior and staff engineers

Seniority

Sr Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership