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Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

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Senior Distributed Systems Engineer in Remote

  • Worldwide

Responsibilities

  • Build large-scale, real-time services and applications using massive datasets to power internal APIs and external applications.
  • Develop tooling, libraries, frameworks, and services supporting security, research, and data platform initiatives.
  • Productionize prototypes into reliable internal tools, services, and platform capabilities.
  • Develop and maintain data pipelines, messaging systems, databases, caching layers, and cloud or on-premises services.
  • Participate in planning and technical discussions with engineering and product teams.
  • Collaborate with Machine Learning Engineers and Security Researchers on solutions affecting security outcomes.
  • Consider ongoing maintenance, monitoring, delivery, developer experience, and long-term extensibility.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience building distributed systems such as data ingestion pipelines, databases, and services.
  • Experience with object-oriented programming and Go.
  • Experience with at least one cloud provider, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Experience with message queue technologies such as AWS Kinesis, Google Pub/Sub, or Kafka.
  • Experience with databases such as Bigtable, Cloud Spanner, HBase, or Cassandra.
  • Understanding of distributed systems concepts including scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability.
  • Ability to write understandable, testable, maintainable code.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with engineers and product managers.
  • Familiarity with AI and responsible use of AI to improve efficiency and impact.
  • Familiarity with gRPC, REST, data serialization technologies such as Protobuf or MessagePack, and containerized services in Kubernetes is preferred.
  • Understanding of Internet communication protocols and standards and security domain knowledge are advantageous.

Benefits

  • Remote position within the United States, with potential in-person onboarding at the Ann Arbor headquarters.
  • Equity, health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement plan with company contribution, parental leave, mental health and wellness benefits, flexible PTO, and a professional development stipend.
  • Eligible non-sales employees may participate in an annual bonus plan.
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities, and Censys is an equal opportunity employer.

Salary: $151k - $206k/yr

Censys

Censys is the authority in Internet intelligence and insights. Delivering the most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date global map of Internet infrastructure, Censys provides the real-time external visibility organizations need to accelerate security operations, investigate threats, and unders...

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