Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

Inngest

22h

About The Position

Inngest is solving long standing developer problems in a novel way which means we’re creating first-of-its-kind solutions. We’re building tools that developers use every day in their own products.
The role
The Execution layer is the core of Inngest and the primary way in which users interact with the platform. As a software engineer on the Execution team, you’ll curate the developer experience for every person using Inngest, and so must have a strong intuition for clean, idiomatic API design. DX is critical to Inngest, and achieving the ideal abstraction is key.
You’ll work on the underlying execution engine and APIs that make orchestration, step functions, and events work, providing the building blocks for every developer to access durable, reliable code from anywhere in their stack.
You’ll work with the systems team who build the underlying infrastructure that the executor sits on top of, and the console team, who build the core local and cloud product that gives visibility into how our functions execute.
Your work will directly impact millions of developers, and you'll collaborate with our designers, engineers, and founders to build the best experience possible.
This role is US based, the SF bay area is preferred, but not required.

Requirements

• 3+ years working on distributed systems.
• Experience with Go (Golang) in production.
• You've architected or been involved in designing systems that can handle massive-scale.

Nice To Haves

• Deep knowledge of Typescript, Python or other typed languages.
• You’ve used Redis and ClickHouse.
• Good understanding of gRPC and Protocol Buffers (protobuf).
• Experience contributing and managing open source, user-facing code.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement solutions in our execution layer and our core systems (eg. step APIs, orchestration, etc.).
• Plan and implement improvements on throughput and latency at hundreds of thousands to millions of requests per second.
• Contribute to systems architecture and infrastructure changes as we grow.
• Work in Golang, Typescript, Python, and/or other languages to help build and shape our SDKs.
• Collaborate with team members to track metrics and data across function runs, events, traces, and telemetry.
• Work with backend engineers to design APIs that can be used across the Inngest cloud dashboard, dev server and CLIs.
• Dogfood the Inngest product and develop ideas for improvements, features, or integrations.
• Communicate with our users through Github, email and Discord.
• Write technical specs for features and documentation for our users.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed