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Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Data Storage

Remote · United StatesRemoteFull-time$169k–$278k2026-11-07
Remote · from United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Design, build, and maintain backend functionality for highly scalable, multi-tenant cloud data storage services, including custom persistence stacks, Write Ahead Logs, and metadata stores.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Data Storage

Builds

Custom persistence stack for Temporal Cloud (Write Ahead Log, metadata stores, multi-level caches, tiered storage)

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, Distributed systems, Data storage

Required skills

Distributed systems design, Concurrent programming, Go/Java, AWS services, Elastic Search, Clickhouse

Preferred skills

Workflow engines (Temporal/Cadence), LSM trees, Columnar stores, Multi-region operations, Kubernetes controllers

Technologies

Go, Java, AWS, Cassandra, etcd, Elastic Search, Clickhouse, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Design and build distributed data systems, Drive reliability and performance (SLOs, chaos testing), Technical leadership (roadmap, mentoring), Cross-team collaboration

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact