Staff Engineer

About the role: In this role, you will: Own parts of our core backend infrastructure, which is a complex, real-time distributed system written in Python and Rust Own large, complex initiatives end-to-end, including projects with incomplete or evolving requirements, and deliver them with minimal guidance Take ownership of reducing our incident rate Solve stability issues and highly complex production issues Own the technical responsibilities related to our SOC 2 process, including managing the person responsible for its day-to-day execution Constantly improve our development velocity while maintaining a very high reliability standard Requirements Previously a Staff or Principal Engineer at a startup company 10+ years of experience in Python development Previous leadership experience, including leading teams and driving large, ambiguously defined projects from concept through delivery Strong Python Asyncio experience Strong software design skills Excellent communicator in writing and orally Deep understanding of Networking Protocols, Operating Systems Deep knowledge of Python Profiling Experience in delivering and troubleshooting a production-grade cloud-based distributed system Kubernetes and Helm experience Experience with different observability stacks Strong LLM prompting skills, but also being able to work without them Experience with gRPC and its troubleshooting BSc in Software Development or equivalent industry experience Bonus: Previous experience owning technical responsibilities related to SOC 2 compliance An understanding of one of the following: WebRTC, STUN/TURN, SIP, RTP, HLS, RTMP Experience with a strongly typed language (Rust, C++, Go, Swift, Java, etc) Experience in building and troubleshooting a real-time low-level system (e.g. kernel, drivers, RTOS) Audio programming experience Being a contributor or maintainer of an open-source package Qualities We're Looking For Fast - you know you're a 10X engineer, not just yet another senior engineer Resilience – being able to balance planned work with real-time issues in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment Strong communication skill s – in both written and verbal communication, with the ability to produce crisp and clear documentation Problem solver Extremely Strong ownership and independence Ability to translate incomplete requirements into an actual product A leader - able to lead projects or teams independently and with minimal guidance Originally posted on Himalayas