CareerPlan

Founding Engineer, Systems & Infrastructure

San FranciscoFull-time$150k–$230k2026-11-07
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Build and operate the distributed systems, control plane, and data plane for a cross-cloud file transfer API and infrastructure.

Role type

Founding Engineer, Systems & Infrastructure

Builds

Distributed transfer nodes, connectors, and the control plane for moving data between cloud object stores and customer endpoints.

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, and data transfer protocols.

Required skills

Go, distributed systems, networking, Linux, concurrency, cloud infrastructure, API design, system architecture, observability, incident management

Preferred skills

S3, Azure Blob, GCS, SSH/SFTP, gRPC, messaging systems, Postgres, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana

Technologies

Go, S3, Azure Blob, GCS, SSH, SFTP, gRPC, Postgres, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana

Responsibilities

Build and improve Go-based transfer nodes; design resumability, checksums, and idempotency; operate telemetry and dashboards; debug incidents and customer problems; define architecture and implementation plans.

Seniority

Founding, hands-on IC