AEP Hawaii is hiring a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to design and scale distributed systems that handle large volumes of data reliably and efficiently. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience building backend or distributed systems, strong fundamentals in system design, performance optimization, and reliability. They will work on high-ownership projects with real architectural influence and minimal process overhead.
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Job Description
AEP Hawaii is hiring a remote Senior-Staff Level Software Engineer with distributed systems experience for a unicorn SaaS startup.
Senior Software Engineer – Distributed Systems
Industry: Data Infrastructure / Analytics Platforms
Company Stage: Series C
Company Size: ~100 employees
Location: Remote (US or Canada)
Compensation: $180,000–$320,000 + equity
About the Role
We’re a Series C data infrastructure company building the systems that power how modern businesses move and activate large-scale customer data.
Our platform sits at the core of production data workflows and is relied on by hundreds of fast-growing companies to move billions of records across clouds, regions, and external systems.
We’re looking for a senior distributed systems engineer to work on the core backend systems that power high-throughput, high-reliability data movement. This is a high-ownership role with real architectural influence and minimal process overhead.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience building backend or distributed systems
- Strong fundamentals in system design, performance optimization, and reliability
- Experience operating systems at scale (data pipelines, infrastructure, platforms, or similar)
- Comfort working in high-autonomy environments with significant ownership
- Clear communication and pragmatic engineering judgment
What You’ll Work On
- Designing and scaling distributed systems that handle large volumes of data reliably and efficiently
- Improving performance across batch and real-time data pipelines
- Building systems that operate across multiple cloud providers and regions
- Identifying and eliminating bottlenecks as the platform scales to the next order of magnitude
- Owning projects end to end, from design through production and iteration
Why This Role
- Real distributed systems problems at meaningful scale
- High trust, high ownership engineering culture
- Competitive compensation and meaningful equity
- Fully remote across North America
- Well-capitalized, post-product-market-fit company with strong growth
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