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Location Details: Canada, Remote At GoDaddy, the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) , and some work entirely remotely.​ This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. Join our team Contribute to the development of GoDaddy’s eCommerce and SSO infrastructure and Kubernetes systems on AWS. On a day-to-day basis you will be working on the team who designs, writes, tests and deploys the infrastructure and application management software for GoDaddy’s eCommerce applications. Expect to learn every day. What you'll get to do... Work as a polyglot engineer, writing and maintaining Infrastructure as code with frameworks/ ecosystems such as Java, Unix CLI, and NodeJS Build and operate infrastructure workflows and deployment pipelines using Kubernetes, Argo Workflows, Argo CD, and GitOps practices Design, build, and own services and APIs in Java, running on Kubernetes-based platforms across AWS and distributed systems Develop and support application and infrastructure delivery pipelines, enabling reliable releases of eComm, Auth and Infrastructure services Collaborate closely with other GoDaddy departments to help advance security and technical standards, maintain regulatory compliances while operating eComm & Auth platforms Your experience should include... 5+ years of strong backend software engineering experience in Java Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including Helm, Kustomize, or equivalent tools to deploy and manage backend services Experience building and operating high-volume, mission-critical production systems on AWS with continuous deployment (CD) practices Strong experience with infrastructure as code, supporting backend applications and services Experience with observability a

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us! Your opportunity At New Relic, we provide our customers real-time insights, so they can innovate faster. Our software delivers insightful observability tools across different technologies and distributed systems, enabling software engineering teams to quickly identify, understand and tackle issues, analyze performance and get the most of their software and infrastructure. We are seeking a Senior Engineer to help build next-generation Database Observability products. In this high-impact role, you will own the entire lifecycle of critical data flows from developing lightweight database agents and high-throughput ingestion pipelines to building intelligent DB Recommendation engines and autonomous DB AI Agents. You will build cutting-edge capability that moves observability from passive monitoring to automated, AI-driven database diagnostic and remediation workflows. If you are energized by hard distributed systems problems, extreme scalability, and harnessing agentic AI to solve complex developer challenges, this is a career-defining opportunity to shape the future of intelligent database observability at New Relic.We look forward to talking with you! What you'll do . Architect, develop, and scale high-throughput, low-late

Who We Are Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale, empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future. About the Team A rider taps "request ride" and within seconds, an autonomous vehicle is matched, dispatched, and on its way. The On-Road Experience team owns the systems that make that moment happen. The On-road Experience team builds the real-time distributed system behind Nuro's ride-hailing product. This is foundational infrastructure where correctness and performance have consequences on a real road. About the Role This is the perfect role if you love architecting performant, reliable distributed systems, processing real-time vehicle data, and building the foundational APIs that enable seamless product experiences. The position demands technical excellence, a deep understanding of system design, and a knack for solving tough problems. Come join us in defining the future! What you'll own Backend services for ride planning, vehicle matching, and real-time trip execution Partner API integrations (Uber and others) routing ride requests to Nuro vehicles Telemetry pipelines surfacing live vehicle state to riders and operations About You 4+ years of backend engineering experience with strong Go proficiency Experience designing and operating distributed systems where reliability isn't optional End-to-end product ownership — from requirements through launch and iteration Solid hands-on experience with GCP (CloudSQL, BigQuery, Redis, or equivalent) A track record of technical lead

Who We Are Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale, empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future. About the Role The Mapping team in Nuro takes a machine learning-first path to unblock geographic capability with lower costs. This team plays a crucial role in the advancement of autonomous driving systems by creating and improving different components in the full lifecycle of ML models for multiple teams in this organization. We are searching for an engineer with experience building reliable and scalable machine learning infrastructure and a strong desire to contribute to the future of robot navigation for logistics and transportation. About the Work Mainly focus on building and improving HD map generation and release pipelines. Develop scalable workflows to manage first party and third party map data. Develop and manage APIs for internal users to access data. Improve and refactor existing workflows and toolings to boost efficiency. Engage with other mapping teams to help identify issues and establish long-term relationships that include knowledge sharing. About You BS in Computer Science, Robotics or another quantitative area. You have experience in one or more of the following areas: large-scale distributed systems; data storage and processing systems; advanced algorithms using C++ and Python; multithreading; and software performance tuning and optimization. Ability to efficiently develop, debug, and support new technologies in a changing environment. Str

Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Platform Client Data streams are mission-critical at Datadog, powering near real-time communication across the vast majority of our services. Our Streaming Platform group builds the core infrastructure and abstractions that ensure Datadog remains a trusted partner for engineers worldwide. See our blog post . The Streaming Platform Client team sits at the heart of this ecosystem. We own the Rust client library (producers and consumers) with language bindings for Java, Go, and Python. We focus on building intuitive APIs and abstractions that make a powerful distributed system easy to adopt and operate for the hundreds of internal users of our library. Our library runs on critical data paths that handle hundreds of millions of messages per second making performance, observability, and reliability paramount. We also develop and operate the service that bridges the clients fleet with the platform's control plane, handling complex balancing, scaling, and static stability challenges. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us evolve these features. You will collaborate directly with our users, tackle performance-critical code, and solve complex distributed systems challenges across the control plane, client libraries, and data plane. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Work within a distributed, high-impact team spanning Europe and the US, building critical technologies that power data pipelines for dozens of internal teams and hundreds of services. Architect and implement resilient interactions between our client libraries and the control plane. Optimize our high-throughput, low-level streaming library to push the boundaries of performance and efficiency. Champion the developer experience by providing

Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Platform Client Data streams are mission-critical at Datadog, powering near real-time communication across the vast majority of our services. Our Streaming Platform group builds the core infrastructure and abstractions that ensure Datadog remains a trusted partner for engineers worldwide. See our blog post . The Streaming Platform Client team sits at the heart of this ecosystem. We own the Rust client library (producers and consumers) with language bindings for Java, Go, and Python. We focus on building intuitive APIs and abstractions that make a powerful distributed system easy to adopt and operate for the hundreds of internal users of our library. Our library runs on critical data paths that handle hundreds of millions of messages per second making performance, observability, and reliability paramount. We also develop and operate the service that bridges the clients fleet with the platform's control plane, handling complex balancing, scaling, and static stability challenges. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us evolve these features. You will collaborate directly with our users, tackle performance-critical code, and solve complex distributed systems challenges across the control plane, client libraries, and data plane. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Work within a distributed, high-impact team spanning Europe and the US, building critical technologies that power data pipelines for dozens of internal teams and hundreds of services. Architect and implement resilient interactions between our client libraries and the control plane. Optimize our high-throughput, low-level streaming library to push the boundaries of performance and efficiency. Champion the developer experience by pro

Join the Atlas Search Query team to design and develop the next generation of Search query architecture, optimization, and execution. Atlas Search is a growing cloud service that allows users to execute complex search and vector search queries using the MongoDB Query Language. Our users can focus on relevance and data retrieval instead of the machinery needed to search data at scale. Our team is building a cloud-based distributed system responsible for the core components of search including data ingestion, performance, query language, query execution, for both relevance-based search and vector search. Our product is being adopted quickly and there are many interesting projects. This is a technical role where you will be responsible for the success of complex Search Query feature development. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in San Francisco, CA for our hybrid working model. What You’ll Do Lead complex projects across the MongoDB ecosystem, for instance, development of a new Search aggregation framework within the MongoDB aggregation framework. Set project level strategy, architect features, and lead projects to successful execution Identify, design, and implement features enhancing our query language, performance, and operability Perform code reviews with peers and make recommendations on how to improve our software development processes Influence and grow team members through active mentoring and leading by example What We Look For 5+ years experience in data management/search systems, ideally with a strong query processing and optimization background Experienced in the development and maintenance of stateful distributed systems Eager to shape the technological direction of a complex system and have the ability to lead initiatives through collaboration with others Experienced in debugging and profiling multithreaded applications written in Java and Rust Bonus: experience with designing high-volume query engines, such as a datab

Join the Atlas Search team to design and develop the next generation of Semantic and Vector Search infrastructure. Atlas Search is a growing cloud service that allows users to execute complex search and vector search queries using the MongoDB Query Language. Our users can focus on relevance and data retrieval instead of the machinery needed to search data at scale. Our team is building a cloud-based distributed system responsible for the core components of search including data ingestion, performance, query language, query execution, for both relevance-based search and vector search. Our product is being adopted quickly and there are many interesting projects. This is a technical role where you will be responsible for the infrastructure and features enabling our at-scale cloud service powering vector and semantic search. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in the San Francisco Bay Area for our hybrid working model. What You’ll Do Lead complex projects across the MongoDB ecosystem, for instance, development of a new Search deployment framework within the MongoDB managed cloud Set project level strategy, architect features, and lead projects to successful execution Identify, design, and implement features enhancing our reliability, performance, security and efficiency Perform code reviews with peers and make recommendations on how to improve our software development processes Influence and grow team members through active mentoring and leading by example What We Look For 5+ years experience in data management/search systems, ideally with a strong distributed systems and infrastructure background Experienced in the development and maintenance of concurrent, stateful services Eager to shape the technological direction of a complex system and have the ability to lead initiatives through collaboration with others Experienced in writing features, debugging and optimizing multithreaded applications written in Java Familiarity with LLM

The MongoDB Cloud Services Team is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage MongoDB at global scale. The Cloud Team is responsible for MongoDB Atlas: our database as a service offering, and fastest growing product, which allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes. The Backup Team delivers essential infrastructure to help our customers in their hour of need - providing the ability to quickly restore a massive, distributed database to any point in time at the click of a button. The Backup Team’s mission is to make MongoDB backup more reliable, faster, and also cheaper. This team is responsible for the Backup Agent (Go), the extensive server-side infrastructure (Java) which manages 100s of TB of data and processes billions of operations per day, and the user interface (Javascript) that customers use to manage their backups. Common project themes are performance, scaling, and ease of use. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in New York for our hybrid working model. We're looking for someone who is Skilled at writing large-scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java, C#, Go, etc.) Fond of chasing down tough problems in a distributed systems environment Cool under pressure - has wrangled production crises, and secretly finds this a little fun Experienced with Linux, and able to correlate application performance problems with underlying hardware limits Comfortable working across the stack of a modern web application Always striving to expand their knowledge Curious, collaborative and intellectually honest Responsibilities Work closely with product teams, considering the user’s perspective while helping the team achieve success Collaborate with team members over best practices and core concepts Hold yourself accountable to your actions, maintaining the balance between accomplishing goals with research & development Own our

About the Role The worldwide data management software market is massive – IDC forecasts it to be $137.6 billion by 2026! At MongoDB, we are transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing apps that people use every day. We are the leading modern data platform and were the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years. Join our team and be at the forefront of innovation and creativity. The Storage Layer Services Team is currently re-architecting the MongoDB Cloud Storage Layer. This is a relatively new team in MongoDB that sits at the heart of the next generation MongoDB Cloud Storage Architecture, and the team is working to build performant multi-tenant distributed storage services both to enhance our existing MongoDB cloud storage architecture and to power more of our customers' use cases more efficiently. We are looking for talented Senior Engineers to join the team and be founding members of the team, where you will play a crucial role in our multi-year roadmap. Our team champions a strong culture of inclusivity, diversity, and collaboration. If you want to work on a collaborative team that applies distributed systems fundamentals to deliver core storage features of a popular database, join us! Let’s change what’s possible for application developers, system architects, and database operators. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Sydney for our hybrid working model. Candidate Profile Minimum of 5 years of experience in programming, debugging, and performance tuning of distributed and/or highly concurrent software systems Strong systems fundamentals, including multi-threaded programming and performance profiling Experience with distributed systems Proven experience in building, deploying, and operating multi-tenant cloud services with a focus on operational excellence Familiarity with database internals or experience building core components for data processing systems Hands-on experience in developing performance-sensitive so

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Snowflake’s Release Engineering team builds and operates the systems that safely deliver infrastructure, platform, and product changes to production at global scale. We own the release platforms, rollout orchestration, and safety mechanisms that allow engineering teams across Snowflake to ship quickly while minimizing operational risk. Our mission is to make production deployments fast, safe, self-service, increasingly autonomous, and augmented by AI-driven intelligence and automation. This role sits at the intersection of developer productivity, distributed systems reliability, and large-scale multi-cloud infrastructure orchestration. At Snowflake, Release Engineering is a platform engineering function focused on building the systems, abstractions, and automation that make software delivery safe, scalable, and efficient across the company. In this role, you will Design and build continuous deployment and rollout infrastructure that safely ships changes across Snowflake’s large-scale, multi-cloud production environment. Build and evolve platform capabilities for progressive delivery, including staged rollouts, canarying, automated health checks, rollback controls, and guardrails that reduce blast radius during production change events. Improve engineering velocity by removi

This is Adyen Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Facebook, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. The people of Adyen are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster. Financial Products The Financial Products solution is responsible for all financial products that we offer on top of payments processing to our customers. Examples of these are our Banking, Issuing, Fx, and Capital products. Whether we work with large partner platforms, medium sized local merchants, or major international enterprise businesses, our products need to meet our clients expectations and seamlessly fit into their systems. What you’ll do: Work on complex technical projects from requirements analysis through design, implementation, testing and launch into production. Be hands-on and contribute to the implementation. Identify and improve parts of the platform to make it more robust and scalable. Bring your own point of view on best engineering practices. Your code will be used at scale and you are expected to think in that mindset when building features. We launch fast and iterate often. Concretely, this means that within your first few weeks, you will bring live functionalities that impact many merchants and shoppers. Build APIs and tooling according to quality principles such as performance and code quality. Collaborate across teams and time zones to get projects over the finish line. Who you are: Familiar with complex large scale distributed systems. You have experience with Java,

About Wolt At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe. Working at Wolt isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life. What you’ll do: Build and maintain high-throughput backend services using Go . Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend developers to ship features that support internal support agents across the globe. Design systems that are scalable , resilient , and easy to maintain. Lead and contribute to architectural discussions and technical decision-making. Write well-tested code and help the team maintain high code quality standards. Our humble expectations: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record of building and scaling complex systems. 2+ years of production experience in Golang , with the ability to mentor others and drive best practices across the team. Strong hands-on experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases — especially Cassandra. Solid understanding of designing and operating low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems . Nice to have Background in Node.js or other backend languages. Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and event-driven architectures. Previous on-call experience , with a pragmatic approach to reliability and incident management. What we value A product-oriented mindset — you think beyond the ticket, understand the “why” behind the work, and aim to create real

Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform, closing fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue, its first billion-dollar quarter, and accelerating growth into FY27. Our strategic agenda spans the companies defining the next era of technology - hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the broader AI ecosystem. This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us. THE ROLE Everpure Cloud Azure Native is a generally available service that brings enterprise-grade block storage natively to Azure. With the first version already live, we are expanding the service into new use cases and markets while improving its reliability, operability, and customer experience. Our Foundation team owns a Go-based control-plane service that coordinates how customers provision and use storage in Azure. Around it, we work with a modern cloud stack including Temporal and other platform services for workflows, automation, and observability. This is a production cloud service: the code you write directly shapes how customers deploy, scale, and operate storage in their Azure environments. You’ll work on a core storage service in a major public cloud , as part of a joint effort between Everpure and Microsoft. You’ll design and evolve APIs and service behavior in the critical path of real customer workloads, collaborating closely with engineers across both companies. Clear API contracts, long-lived interfaces, test automation, and CI/CD are fundamental to how we build. You’ll have the opportunity to own services end to end and solve complex distributed-systems problems in the public cloud. WHAT YOU'LL DO Own and evolve a production cloud service that powers Everpure Cloud Azure Native, taking features from idea and design through deployment and operation in Azure for real customers. Build new capabilities and i

Forward is transforming how the world’s most complex networks are managed and secured. Founded in 2013 by four Stanford Ph.D.s, we built the industry’s first network digital twin — a mathematically precise model of the production network that gives IT teams unmatched visibility, verification, and agility across every major cloud and vendor environment. Our customers include global leaders such as Goldman Sachs, PayPal, S&P Global, IBM, and Dell, as well as fast-growing enterprises and government agencies. According to IDC, Forward customers realize an average of $14.2 million in annual benefits through improved efficiency and security. Backed by world-class investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, MSD Partners, and Threshold Ventures, Forward offers a people-centric, innovative culture where brilliant minds are shaping the future of network reliability, security, and AI-ready operations. Forward is currently seeking experienced Java developers to work as part of our Network team. Responsibilities Help bring the best ideas from the software development world into the networking industry. Contribute to our code base, systems and software architecture as a member of our engineering team. Help create and optimize network device models for different device vendors and protocols. Help create infrastructure needed to configure, collect and test network devices. Work with peers who are experts in Networking, Distributed Systems, Big Data and Search. Requirements 5+ years of work experience in software development 3+ years of work experience with Java BS in Computer Science or related degree Solid software engineering experience with large code bases Basic understanding of networking and TCP/IP. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Nice to haves Working knowledge of how switches, routers, firewalls or load balancers work. Experience working with networking protocols such as BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, VLAN, VXLAN, etc. This position is a re