This is a remote position.
If you care about solving tough distributed systems problems, making a visible impact on global tech products, and working on bleeding-edge sync and streaming infrastructure—it doesn’t get much cooler than our client. We’re seeking a pragmatic, performance-driven Distributed Systems Engineer to architect and scale the backbone of our next-generation data infrastructure. This is a critical technical leadership role for high-impact engineers who have mastered building, optimizing, and operating large-scale, multi-cloud backend platforms. You will join a peer group of world-class engineers who have redefined reliability and throughput at transformative Canadian tech companies.
What You’ll Do
Design and implement robust data-sync pipelines, real-time streaming layers, and high-throughput backend services for modern infrastructure at petabyte scale.
Lead architecture of multi-region and multi-cloud sync, caching, and event collection systems, pushing platform boundaries for performance, resiliency, and compliance.
Drive adoption of cloud-agnostic architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure) to power global products with strict data residency and disaster recovery requirements.
Optimize low-latency APIs and backend services for observability, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency.
Spearhead migration of monolithic systems to distributed, microservices-based deployments (Kubernetes, Docker).
Partner with product, compliance, and data teams to deliver highly available infrastructure supporting hundreds of millions of daily transactions.
Influence the technical roadmap for cutting-edge data streaming, CDC, and caching solutions (Kafka, Flink, Debezium, Redis, DynamoDB)
Champion infrastructure-as-code, advanced monitoring, and automation using modern tools (Terraform, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Jaeger).
Lead incident response, postmortem analysis, and end-to-end reliability engineering.
Mentor and upskill engineering teammates in distributed systems and data engineering best practices.
Requirements
What Sets You Apart
Deep expertise in distributed systems design and cloud infrastructure (preferably across AWS, GCP, and Azure).
Hands-on experience building and scaling data pipelines and backend systems at leading tech firms (e.g., Shopify, Wealthsimple, 1Password, or Citadel).
Fluency in Go, Python, or Java; comfort with SQL and C++; proven contributions to performance tuning and systems optimization.
End-to-end understanding of streaming architectures (Kafka, Flink, Pulsar), real-time syncing, and cross-region replication.
Proven ability to architect for data security, residency, and compliance across international markets.
Demonstrated ownership of API performance engineering and microservices migration at scale (ideally with Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code).
Track record of reducing compute spend and boosting SLAs through observability-driven engineering.
Contributor to open source and/or personal technical projects in distributed caching, data propagation, or backend infrastructure.
Strong communication, mentorship, and cross-team partnership abilities.
Our Stack
Languages: Go, Python, Java, SQL, C++.
Data Systems: Kafka, Flink, Debezium, PostgreSQL, Redis, Snowflake, DynamoDB.
Infra: AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Ansible.
Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Jaeger, ELK Stack.
APIs: REST, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket.
Preferred Qualifications
B.Sc. or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field — ideally with a focus on distributed systems and networks.
Experience leading major systems engineering projects with cross-functional impact in fintech, commerce, SaaS, or security.
Why Join Our Client?
Build platform-scale infrastructure with visible business impact.
Collaborate with some of the industry’s best engineers.
Tackle technical challenges facing massive user bases across North America and globally.
Influence the future of high-scale, reliable, and secure cloud services.
If you thrive in architecting and delivering systems that “just can’t go down,” and have a track record operating at Shopify, Citadel, Wealthsimple, 1Password, or similar, you’ll find a home here transforming distributed systems for the next decade.
