Staff Backend Engineer, Platform Engineering – KDE Query
United States
Full Time
2 hours ago
$190,000 - $225,000 USD
H1B Sponsor
Key skills
Distributed SystemsRustGoCCollaborationSales
About this role
Role Overview
You will work closely with customer service, product, and other engineering teams to develop new network data observability & intelligence features.
Act as a lead Individual Contributor to improve Query services, focusing on query speeds, throughput, and latency
Collaborate with other engineering, support, and sales teams to drive platform-wide query standards.
Solve high-visibility, challenging engineering problems related to the data-intensive query engine.
Requirements
5+ years of experience in backend development using Go/C/Rust, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and high-throughput data pipelines.
Deep experience with query planning, optimization, and execution in distributed environments, is a big plus.
Proven track record of optimizing distributed systems to handle hundreds of millions of data points per second.
A passion to grow personally and contribute to our team.
Strong collaboration skills, essential for Kentik's remote-friendly culture.
Tech Stack
Distributed Systems
Rust
Go
Benefits
100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
Paid family & medical leave
Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays