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# Distributed Systems Engineer

- **Company:** The Arcade
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, User Authentication, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Ruby, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Web Application Frameworks, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Llamaindex, Backend, Free and Open-Source Software, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Splunk, Golang
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/distributed-systems-engineer-san-francisco-ca--c4a23b34-9ea3-4c27-8c87-c1bab20464b0

## About the Role

Distributed Computing, Systems Engineering, Customer/Client Research, Product Demonstration, Artificial Intelligence (AI), MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional, Authentication, Application Programming Interface (API), Splunk, Distributed Computing, * An insatiable desire to ship.

 * 7+ years of software engineering experience comprising of:
 + 5+ years of backend development experience with either Python, Go, Ruby, Typescript, or a similar language and API & Web frameworks.
 + 2+ years of experience with infrastructure and deployment (AWS/GCP, Terraform, Helm, etc)
 * Strong experience building and maintaining production APIs.
 * Track record of writing clean, well-documented, well-tested code.
 * User-centered approach to designing developer-centric products and tools.

Bonus Points

 * Experience building developer tools or SDKs
 * Familiarity with LLMs and AI frameworks (Langchain, LlamaIndex, etc)
 * Open-source contributions
 * Experience with high-scale distributed systems
 * Experience leading teams and mentoring more junior developers
 * Familiarity with Typescript and a relevant frontend framework (e.g. React)
 * You've been a startup founder or early-state startup employee before and love it