Staff Engineer to $9500

About the role:
In this role, you will:
● Own parts of our core backend infrastructure, which is a complex, real-time distributed system written in Python and Rust
● Own big initiatives end-to-end and deliver them with minimal guidance
● Troubleshoot highly complex production issues
● Constantly improve our development velocity while maintaining a very high reliability standard

Qualifications:
● BSc in Software Development or equivalent industry experience
● Previously a Staff or Principal Engineer at a startup company
● 10+ years of experience in Python development
● Strong Python Asyncio experience
● Strong software design skills
● Excellent communicator in writing and orally
● Significant experience with at least one strongly typed language (Rust, C++, Go,
Swift, Java, etc)
● Deep understanding of Networking Protocols, Operating Systems
● Deep knowledge of Python Profiling
● Experience in delivering and troubleshooting a production-grade cloud-based
distributed system
● Experience in building and troubleshooting a real-time low-level system (e.g.
kernel, drivers, RTOS)
● Kubernetes and Helm experience
● Experience with different observability stacks
● Strong LLM prompting skills, but also being able to work without them
● Experience with gRPC and its troubleshooting
● Being a contributor or maintainer of an open-source package
Bonus:

● An understanding of one of the following: WebRTC, STUN/TURN, SIP, RTP,
HLS, RTMP
● Having worked with Rust and PyO3
● Audio programming experience

Qualities We're Looking For
● Fast - you know you're a 10X engineer, not just yet another senior engineer
● Resilience – being able to balance planned work with real-time issues in a fast-
paced, high-pressure environment
● Strong communication skills – in both written and verbal communication, with
the ability to produce crisp and clear documentation
● Problem solver
● Extremely Strong ownership and independence
● Ability to translate incomplete requirements into an actual product
● Team player

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