Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams, and they are seeking a Sr Staff Engineer to co-own the technical vision for their storage services. The role involves designing and leading a multi-year technical roadmap, optimizing storage strategies, and collaborating with various teams to enhance platform-wide standards.
Responsibilities
- Help define and lead the execution of a multi-year technical roadmap for Storage, pushing the boundaries of industry-leading query speeds
- Design tiered storage strategies (Hot/Warm/Cold), TTL-based data eviction, and optimization strategies that handle massive, real-time data influx
- Work closely with product, support, and other engineering teams to drive platform-wide storage standards, while leveling up the engineers around you
- Thrive in our remote-first, highly collaborative culture where independence and clear communication are celebrated
Skills
- Deep Distributed Systems Expertise: You have a proven track record of designing, building, and scaling high-throughput, concurrent data pipelines
- Systems Programming Fluent: You love working in languages optimized for performance, specifically Go, C, or Rust
- Storage Layer Knowledge: You have experience working closely with (or building) Timeseries Databases, object storage, or distributed filesystems
- Architectural Pragmatism: You know how to balance cutting-edge engineering with operational stability and business needs
- Strong Communication Skills: You can articulate complex technical tradeoffs clearly to both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders
- Growth Mindset: You have a passion to grow personally and actively contribute to a high-performing team culture
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
- 401(k) retirement account
- Home office reimbursement
- Stock options
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