Software Engineer — Distributed Systems

Job overview

The Software Engineer — Distributed Systems role is listed in Foster City, California, and is described as onsite. The base salary range is $230,000–$330,000 per year. The role supports Alluxio’s next-generation distributed data platform and its engineering and product teams. The engineer leads architecture and hands-on development for systems designed to scale while maintaining performance, reliability, and simplicity. Technical direction, system design, performance improvements, and collaboration across teams help advance the platform and its open-source ecosystem.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end architecture and design of distributed systems
• drive technical strategy across teams and components
• design for scalability, fault tolerance, performance, and data durability
• provide hands-on development and technical guidance
• lead system design reviews and mentor senior engineers
• identify and resolve performance and reliability issues
• translate product goals into technical solutions
• contribute to open-source projects and technical thought leadership.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

software engineer

distributed systems

distributed storage

system architecture

scalable systems

fault tolerance

performance optimization

open source

foster city ca

alluxio

$230,000–$330,000/year

full-time

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Performance-based annual bonuses
• equity options
• health benefits
• 401(k)
• paid time off.

Why this role

The description identifies the role as Sr. Staff Software Engineer and seeks two or more years in technical leadership or architecture, plus deep expertise in at least two distributed-systems areas. The XML title is Software Engineer — Distributed Systems.

About the employer

Alluxio is hiring for this role. Industry: Software Publishers. Sector: 51.