Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Hi, I'm Georgi, Engineering Manager at LucidLink. We're looking for a Software Engineer with strong backend fundamentals, a research-informed approach to system design, and a clear focus on work that holds up under real scale. This is a chance to help rebuild one of the most foundational parts of our product from th...

We're looking for someone who's comfortable working from an open problem to a working system - helping decide the architecture, the database, and the protocol, not just building to a spec someone else already wrote. This work sits in a complex, data-intensive product space, with connected services, integrations and ...

Hi, I'm Georgi, Engineering Manager at LucidLink. We're looking for a Software Engineer with strong backend fundamentals, a research-informed approach to system design, and a clear focus on work that holds up under real scale. This is a chance to help rebuild one of the most foundational parts of our product from the ground up. In our team, ownership, craft and real reliability matter a lot.
We're looking for someone who's comfortable working from an open problem to a working system - helping decide the architecture, the database, and the protocol, not just building to a spec someone else already wrote. This work sits in a complex, data-intensive product space, with connected services, integrations and technical depth that make the engineering challenges especially interesting. Experience or interest in distributed databases and high-throughput systems is a strong plus.

Own outcomes on the metadata service rebuild - turning scale and reliability research into concrete architecture and database decisions
Partner with Platform Engineering and SRE to balance reliability, performance and delivery speed
Use data, benchmarks and engineering judgment to improve outcomes
Contribute to engineering quality through code review, and hold a high bar for reliability on a service every customer depends on

C++ development experience(or any other low-level programming language)
System and network programming fundamentals: OS basics, processes, I/O, multithreading and parallelism, across Windows and Unix-based systems
exposure to multi-platform development
Algorithms and data structures
Hands-on database experience, with real interest in data-intensive, high-scale systems
Distributed databases (Percona, MariaDB, Redis), RPC-style protocols, cloud infrastructure (AWS), or TypeScript are all a plus
Exposure to multi-platform development is considered an advantage
Fluent in English, written and spoken
Proactive and curious, with a habit of questioning the obvious database or architecture choice
Comfortable in a fast-moving, still-being-defined environment - energized rather than overwhelmed by ambiguity
Thoughtful about both speed and correctness, knowing when to go deep and when to keep momentum
Collaborative and low-ego, but confident owning a piece of the system independently within a shared direction
Every customer interaction with LucidLink starts with being able to see and reach their files. The metadata service is what makes that possible - rebuilding it for scale is foundational to how far LucidLink's product can grow with data-intensive customers.
This Role is Not For You If
You need a fully defined roadmap on day one - a lot of this system's new architecture is still being decided, and you would help decide it
You want to spend your days deep in C++ performance tuning - this role leans more toward service and data design
You are looking for a large, established team with lots of structure - right now it is a small group building from close to scratch
Initial interview – a chat with our People & Culture team to get to know you and your background
Technical interview – a conversation with some of our engineers to dive into your skills and experience
Take-home task – an assignment to work on in your own time, showcasing your problem-solving approach
Task review – a follow-up interview where you’ll walk us through your solution and thought process
Final interview – a discussion with our VP of Engineering, Engineering Manager, or both, to make sure we’re the right fit for each other