Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Scala

Job overview

The Distributed Systems Software Engineer role is fully remote, with flexibility across time zones. Compensation is listed as $130,000–$175,000 per year. The role is a direct-hire position with Quantix. The engineer builds and maintains high-performance distributed systems and enhances the product’s distributed protocols. The work contributes to scalable, fault-tolerant applications through functional programming, collaboration with developers, architects, and product managers, and ongoing improvement of the codebase.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain high-performance distributed systems
• enhance the product and its distributed protocols
• design and develop robust distributed-system protocols
• build scalable, high-performing, fault-tolerant applications
• collaborate with developers, architects, and product managers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

distributed systems software engineer

scala

remote

quantix

functional programming

type-level programming

akka/pekko

actor model

fault-tolerant applications

kafka

cassandra

$130k–$175k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires 4+ years of distributed systems experience, 3+ years of functional programming, and strong Scala or another functional language with type-level functional programming experience. Akka/Pekko or Actor-model familiarity is required; graph technologies, Kafka, and Cassandra or ScyllaDB are nice to have.

About the employer

Quantix is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.