Senior Distributed Systems Engineer (Go, Kafka, Kubernetes)

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Join a small, fast-growing San Francisco team building a real-time streaming platform for mission-critical data replication. You will design and implement distributed systems features, build CDC connectors, and optimize pipeline performance. We seek an engineer with strong CS fundamentals, experience with async systems, and a pragmatic, customer-focused mindset.

Key Highlights
Build and scale a real-time data streaming platform used by companies like ClickUp and Substack.
Work on challenging distributed systems problems including column encryption, schema change alerts, and CDC connectors.
Collaborate directly with customers and shape the product roadmap in a fast-paced startup environment.
Tech stack includes Go, Kafka, Kubernetes, Postgres, and Elasticsearch.
Competitive compensation with $150K–$300K base salary, equity, and benefits.
Key Responsibilities
Building column encryption, launching analytics portal and schema change alerts.
Building tooling to streamline and automate infrastructure workloads.
Introducing pipeline efficiencies by making tradeoffs between virtual memory and disk.
Building native change data capture (CDC) connectors to new data sources.
Technical Skills Required
Go Postgres Redis Kafka Elasticsearch Terraform Kubernetes Helm gRPC TypeScript React Material UI
Benefits & Perks
$150K–$300K base salary
Competitive equity package
Healthcare
401(k)
Unlimited PTO
Lunch & dinner provided
Visa sponsorship available
Nice to Have
Past experience working on scaling async systems and exposure to gRPC, Kafka, Kubernetes, Helm.
Proficiency writing in Go.

Job Description


About Artie

Artie is a real-time streaming platform that moves production data across systems in real time, with zero maintenance. We make high-volume data replication simple, reliable, and scalable for engineering teams.

Our platform powers mission-critical use cases including fraud and risk monitoring, inventory visibility, customer-facing analytics, and AI workloads. Artie is built for engineers who care about performance, reliability, and operational simplicity — and we’re growing fast.‍

We’re trusted by teams like ClickUp, Substack, and Alloy, and backed by top-tier investors including Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Pathlight Ventures, and the founders of Dropbox and Mode.

‍About The Role

We are a small team based in San Francisco looking to hire an engineer that has a dedicated focus around distributed systems. As an engineer, you will have the opportunity to wear multiple hats, directly interact with our customers and play a crucial role in shaping the future of our product.



This is a challenging and dynamic role and you will be working at the forefront of data engineering, distributed systems and infrastructure.



What you should expect & examples of day-to-day tasks:

  • Building column encryption, launching our analytics portal and schema change alerts.
  • Building tooling to streamline and automate infrastructure workloads.
  • Introducing pipeline efficiencies by making tradeoffs between virtual memory and disk.
  • Building native change data capture (CDC) connectors to data sources that we do not yet support.



What we are looking for

  • Strong fundamentals in computer science
  • Pragmatic and care more about building the right thing vs. being right
  • Comfortable jumping around the stack and wearing different hats
  • Someone that wants to take an active role in defining the next gen data platform that utilizes stream processing and CDC to drive data latency to zero, while also focusing on ease-of-use and extensibility
  • Past experience working on scaling async systems and exposure to topics like gRPC, Kafka, Kubernetes, Helm is preferred but not required.
  • Proficiency writing in Go is preferred, but not necessary.
  • Happy to work in-person 5 days/week in San Francisco’s Financial District with the rest of the team.



Tech stack

  • Frontend: TypeScript (React and Material UI)
  • Backend: Go, Postgres, Redis, Kafka and Elasticsearch
  • Infra: Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm on GCP and AWS



Compensation & Benefits

  • $150K–$300K base salary, depending on experience
  • Competitive equity package
  • Healthcare, 401(k), unlimited PTO
  • Lunch & dinner provided
  • Visa sponsorship available

Compensation Range: $150K - $300K


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