• Design and architect database systems optimized for Chess.com's specific workloads including real-time gaming, puzzle systems, and social graph traversal • Build internal tooling and automation to improve database deployment, migration, and operational efficiency, simplifying work streams for the broader engineering organization • Develop data pipelines and ETL processes for analytics, machine learning features, and cross-system data synchronization • Engineer multi-regional database architectures capable of handling massive volumes of chess games, user data, and social network interactions with minimal latency • Solve complex data modeling challenges including chess game storage optimization, puzzle attempt tracking, and large-scale social graph representation • Drive database platform evolution evaluating and implementing new technologies, storage engines, and architectural patterns with a bias toward continuous improvement • Build observability and performance tooling providing deep visibility into database behavior, query patterns, and capacity trends • Collaborate with product engineering teams to design optimal schemas, access patterns, and data layer integrations, ensuring the right people have the information they need • Implement infrastructure-as-code practices for database provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management with high first-time-right quality • Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 database availability and contribute to incident post-mortems

ARE YOU READY TO TAKE YOUR CAREER TO NEW HEIGHTS? ARE YOU SEEKING A NEW CHALLENGE IN A DYNAMIC SECTOR? This is a very exciting and highly innovative time here at Outside. OUR TRUE NORTH:Outside Interactive, Inc., the premier hub for active lifestyle enthusiasts, offers best-in-class content and experiences to more than 70 million of the world’s most passionate outdoor, wellness, and endurance enthusiasts every month. We inspire a broad and diverse audience to do the activities they love with greater enjoyment, inspiration, and knowledge and are dedicated to making real change in the outdoor and fitness industries. About the Role Join the Foundational Services team as a Senior Backend Engineer! You will own critical infrastructure that powers how users access content across the Outside ecosystem. Every time someone logs in to plan an activity, read a trail report, or go for a ride, you're ensuring they have the right permissions, subscriptions, and entitlements. This is not a support role—you'll architect and build new features that scale to millions of users while mentoring the team around you. What You Will Do Architect and develop critical path features for our subscription and identity management platform, directly impacting user experience across millions of active users. Lead technical design discussions and mentor team members on development best practices, with particular depth in Python, Django, and Django Rest Framework (DRF). Own the full lifecycle of features: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization. Build systems that are so reliable and automated that your team can focus on the next high-impact problem. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, customer support, and other engineering teams to unblock their roadmaps while maintaining the integrity of our foundational systems. Drive alignment across teams on critical dependencies, technical direction, and roadmap priorities—this is as important as shipping features yourself. Prioritize work based on company revenue needs and long-term platform health. Uphold and improve internal Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets to ensure the Outside ecosystem operates smoothly at scale. This role also entails monthly on-call responsibilities. Drive continuous improvement by identifying performance bottlenecks, optimizing build pipelines, and proactively surfacing reliability issues before they impact users. Approach each challenge with curiosity—dig into why systems fail and how to prevent future incidents. What We're Looking For 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend systems at scale. 4+ years of hands-on experience with Django, Python, and Django Rest Framework (DRF). Proven ability to design and ship features that handle high concurrency and scale reliably. Comfort with asynchronous patterns, API design, and database optimization. Who You Are

Normal Computing | Incredible Opportunities The Normal Team builds foundational software and hardware that help move technology forward - supporting the semiconductor industry, critical AI infrastructure, and the broader systems that power our world. We work as one team across New York, San Francisco, Copenhagen, Seoul, and London. Your Role in Our Mission: As a Software Engineer focused on product engineering in Normal EDA, you will be responsible for building the systems and workflows used by hardware engineers to build and verify the chips that power modern AI. Previous experience with the semiconductor or hardware industry is valued, but not required. You'll regularly be faced with sophisticated technical problems at the intersection of AI and product engineering, requiring you to scope out solution designs and find incremental paths to shipping new features. As part of this, you will own APIs and schemas that power core product functionality, collaborating closely with other engineers in developing them. We're hiring engineers who are passionate about solving real-world problems in complex, technical domains and building systems that empower users to work optimally. If you're motivated to develop reliable, performant systems and design intuitive experiences for AI-powered workflows, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on how an entire industry works. Responsibilities: Building complete, integrated prototypes that bring AI capabilities to life in production-grade services, and polished frontend interfaces to create working V0s that users can actually test and the ML team can validate. Architecting and developing backend systems that support complex verification workflows. Owning API contracts between frontend and backend systems. Driving engineering roadmaps in collaboration with researchers, hardware experts, and product managers to discover and propose features that drive user stickiness. What Makes You A Great Fit: 5-8 years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on building reliable, scalable systems as well as shipping end to end features Experience as a former zero-to-one engineering lead or startup founder is highly valued. Experience building complex systems with a strong intuition for reliability, performance, and maintainability. You avoid the failure mode of shipping features quickly without ensuring the system design and implementation are truly excellent. Experience working with LLMs or building AI-powered applications. You're excited about understanding the nuances of different model paradigms (agents, multimodality, simulation methods) and how to design product experiences that augment rather than detract from user workflows. Proven ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision. You deliver on your commitments, value outcomes, and adapt quickly when priorities shift. Skill and comfort working in a constantly evolving environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users. Bonus Points For: Experience building IDE extensions, developer tools, or design-to-code systems. Meaningful experience working and building within or for the semiconductor industry, or developing hardware products or software for hardware products. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Normal Computing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Accessibility Accommodations Normal Computing is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at accomodations@normalcomputing.ai. Privacy Notice By submitting your application, you agree that Normal Computing may collect, use, and store your personal information for employment-related purposes in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Role Description Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a European deep-tech company building a decentralized, energy-efficient alternative to traditional cloud providers. Their platform operates on distributed bare-metal infrastructure with advanced automation, delivering sovereign, high-performance compute for modern workloads. We are seeking a Tech Lead with strong expertise in Go and production-grade peer-to-peer (P2P) systems. This is a highly technical role focused on distributed systems, system-level programming, and performance-critical backend services. You will play a key role in designing and evolving the backend foundations of a decentralized cloud platform, working closely with infrastructure, product, and DevOps teams. Autonomy, ownership, and strong architectural judgment are essential. - Design and develop scalable, distributed, server-side applications and microservices using Go. - Build and optimize mission-critical backend software, with a strong focus on system programming, concurrency, and performance tuning. - Design and implement robust peer-to-peer (P2P) communication systems (P2P experience is mandatory). - Contribute to or build systems using libp2p or similar P2P frameworks. - Ensure cross-platform compatibility and consistent application behavior across environments. - Collaborate within an Agile/Scrum team, contributing to backlog refinement, risk identification, and dependency management. - Produce clean, maintainable, and reusable code, following strong engineering standards. - Optimize backend systems for performance, reliability, security, and fault tolerance. - Establish and enhance backend infrastructure, including deployment pipelines, observability, and monitoring tooling. - Work across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and collaborate closely with infrastructure teams. - Participate actively in the full application lifecycle, from design to production operations. - Engage with product and design teams to deeply understand end-user and platform requirements. - Conduct thorough code reviews, mentor other engineers, and raise overall backend engineering quality. - Champion best engineering practices and a culture of high-quality software craftsmanship. Qualifications - 5–6+ years of experience as a Senior or Lead Backend Engineer. - MS degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field. - Strong hands-on expertise in Go and/or Java (Go strongly preferred). - Solid understanding of software design patterns, concurrency, and multi-threaded programming. - Proven production experience with P2P architectures (mandatory). - Strong knowledge of internet protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, etc.). - Experience with service-oriented architectures (REST, JSON, API design). - Ability to design secure, well-structured RESTful APIs and understand their client-side implications. - Deep understanding of Agile development principles and collaborative team environments. - Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction. Preferred Qualifications - Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes. - Experience in infrastructure engineering and running production systems. - Strong skills in logging, tracing, and observability to diagnose production issues quickly. - Proven track record building large-scale, high-availability, business-critical systems. - Solid experience with multi-cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP). - Direct experience with libp2p, decentralized systems, or related open-source projects/startups. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices. Benefits - Redefining cloud infrastructure through decentralization and advanced automation. - Offering a sovereign, energy-efficient alternative to hyperscale cloud providers. - Joining a deeply technical environment where architecture matters and performance is critical. - Your decisions will directly shape the evolution of a complex, ambitious platform operating at the intersection of distributed systems, networking, and cloud infrastructure. Company Description Pragmatike is committed to a fair, transparent, and inclusive recruitment process. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. In accordance with GDPR, your personal data will be processed lawfully, fairly, and securely, and used solely for recruitment purposes, including sharing it with our client(s) for employment consideration. You may request access, correction, or deletion of your data at any time. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information throughout the recruitment process.