Weekday (YC W21)

We are a Y-Combinator-backed startup building your AI-powered Recruiter Agent

Principal Engineer

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 11-50Since 2021H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

16 days ago

Salary

$15,000K - $26,000K / year

8 yrs expEnglishApacheCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsJavaKafkaRust

Job Description

• Architect and develop large-scale real-time data processing systems using Apache Flink • Design highly reliable, low-latency distributed systems capable of handling high-throughput workloads • Write production-grade code in Java and/or Rust • Lead system design discussions and define engineering standards and best practices • Own scalability, performance optimization, reliability, and observability across services • Mentor engineers and elevate the technical quality of the team • Collaborate closely with product and security stakeholders to translate requirements into resilient technical solutions • Drive long-term architectural decisions and contribute to technical roadmap planning

Job Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience building backend or distributed systems
  • Strong hands-on expertise with Apache Flink
  • Advanced programming skills in Java
  • Production experience with Rust
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, streaming architectures, and real-time data pipelines
  • Experience building high-throughput, low-latency systems
  • Strong foundations in system design, concurrency, and performance optimization
  • Experience in cybersecurity, threat detection, observability, or data security domains (preferred)
  • Background in processing high-volume event streams (logs, telemetry, network data) (preferred)
  • Familiarity with Kafka, stateful stream processing, and real-time analytics (preferred)
  • Experience in high-growth or early-stage startup environments (preferred)
  • Proven track record of building systems from 0 → 1 or significantly scaling existing platforms (preferred)

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