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High Performance Computing Built for the Cloud
Senior Software Engineer, Backend Systems
Location
United States
Posted
113 days ago
Salary
$137K - $200K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Backend Systems
Rescale
• Own end-to-end delivery of essential, new functionality for Rescale customers • Engage in regular, proactive work to assure systems performance and reliability • Develop and maintain services that handle >250 reqs/s and that involve challenging requirements for task scheduling, security, and durability. • Work with your teammates to maintain high quality automation for build, test, and deployment of software and infrastructure to multiple cloud providers and Kubernetes clusters
Job Requirements
- 4+ years of experience building performant, non-trivial backend systems, ideally using a statically typed, service-oriented language such as Java or Go.
- High enthusiasm for supporting both internal and external stakeholders, and especially for delivering products that solve real problems for end users.
- Expertise or strong interest in the following areas: Linux internals (notably namespaces and cgroups), concurrent and multi-threaded programming, distributed systems design, database durability, testing, profiling, application security.
- Flexibility and dedication to work in a team and ship exceptional software.
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- Equity
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