Distributed Systems Software Engineer (UK)

• Independently drive complex technical projects from start to finish
• Build, architect, design, develop, and operationalize mission-critical backend services that deliver customer value
• Create high-performance, scalable, reliable, and resilient services
• Troubleshoot and debug technical issues across a complex stack, including microservices, containers, and virtualization
• Ensure services are operationally ready and meet customer availability and performance SLAs
• Work across the WarpStream stack, including its agent storage engine, multi-tenant control plane, product features, and developer console
• Build services that operate across cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure
• Participate in on-call support for the WarpStream product

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• Backend
• Cloud
• GCP
• IBM
• Support
• Java
• Kafka
• Python
• microservices
• JavaScript
• Network
• UX UI Design

• 4+ years of industry experience designing, building, scaling, and supporting backend systems in production
• Strong software engineering practices, including code reviews, a focus on quality, and documentation
• Strong programming and algorithmic skills, with proficiency in a major programming language such as Java, Go, C/C++, or Python
• Deep curiosity and enthusiasm for distributed systems and storage systems
• Strong project delivery and communication skills
• Experience driving operational excellence for large production services
• Customer-centricity, teamwork, technical leadership, and mentorship, with enthusiasm for team and company success
• Preferred: Proven track record of delivering large-scale, highly available, high-quality systems
• Preferred: Hands-on expertise in large-scale systems engineering or distributed systems
• Preferred: Experience on-call for critical systems