Staff Engineer

Summary

Join Zyte, a globally distributed team passionate about data, and work remotely from anywhere in the world. We're scaling our Zyte API platform to 100K QPS and need an experienced engineer to design and optimize distributed systems. You will architect at scale, dig into performance optimization, own the full development lifecycle, collaborate across teams, and champion best practices. This role offers the freedom to shape our architecture, mentor others, and make critical decisions impacting thousands of customers. Zyte provides a remote-first culture, flexible schedules, and opportunities for continuous growth and development within a vibrant community.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building large-scale, high-load, distributed systems
• Proficient in Java, C++, or Rust, with a strong understanding of networking protocols (TCP, HTTP, WebSockets) and event-driven architectures (Netty, Vert.x, etc.)
• Hands-on with Linux and containerisation, comfortable deploying containerized services at scale
• Problem Solver & Debugger: You relish the challenge of tackling complex issues in production and can dissect them methodically
• Remote Team Player: Excellent communicator who thrives in a distributed, asynchronous environment
• Curious Hacker: Driven by an insatiable desire to learn, explore, and try new tools/techniques

Responsibilities

• Architect at Scale: Design distributed systems that operate at global scale, spanning OCI, GCP, on-prem data centers, and even edge devices that run code within minimal footprint
• Dig Into Performance: Optimize services written in Java, Python, Rust, and Node.js to handle massive throughput. Tweak networking protocols, memory usage, and concurrency models to push the limits of what’s possible
• Own the Full Lifecycle: From brainstorming features to shipping production code, you’ll be involved in every phase—design, implementation, testing, deployment, and beyond
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with platform, product, and data science teams to deliver seamless solutions. You’ll also coach and mentor fellow engineers, sharing your expertise in scalable architecture
• Champion Best Practices: Drive continuous improvements in performance, observability, and reliability. Advocate for testing, code quality, and robust DevOps practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Browser Internals: Experience digging into Chrome DevTools, WebAssembly, or general browser architecture
• Web Scraping Knowledge: Familiarity with the intricacies of crawling and scraping large volumes of data
• Open Source Contributor: History of contributing to or maintaining projects relevant to distributed systems or data extraction
• Functional Programming: Background in Scala, Erlang, or Haskell

Benefits

• Impact at Scale: Your work will power mission-critical data pipelines for some of the biggest enterprises in the world
• Freedom & Flexibility: We’re 100% remote, with flexible schedules and a culture of trust
• Endless Growth: With data extraction evolving fast, there’s always a new problem to solve or an emerging technology to master
• Vibrant Community: Collaborate with a friendly, diverse group of data enthusiasts and software wizards from every continent