Staff Engineer - Distributed Systems

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Engineer - Distributed Systems based in India.

This role focuses on the architecture and resilience of large-scale distributed systems operating under significant production load. You will look across services, queues, databases, infrastructure, and deployment patterns to identify systemic risks before they become incidents. The role begins with a high-throughput automation platform and expands across communication and emerging product systems. You will influence critical-path architecture while remaining hands-on, spending meaningful time prototyping solutions, resolving complex failures, and shipping remediation. You will help establish capacity models, consistency guarantees, isolation boundaries, and failure-handling strategies that can withstand continued growth. This is a high-ownership environment where technical rigor, proactive problem solving, and clear cross-team communication are central to the role.