Principal Generalist Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Design and develop production-level systems that are dependable, scalable, and easy to monitor.

• Take complete ownership of systems from problem identification through design, data handling, implementation, deployment, and operations.

• Collaborate across application services, distributed systems, infrastructure, data pipelines, and machine learning systems.

• Troubleshoot intricate production challenges across various layers.

• Make engineering decisions based on fundamental principles.

• Enhance performance, reduce latency, improve reliability, and increase cost efficiency.

• Contribute to the architectural and technical strategy.

• Create maintainable code and documentation.

• Elevate the standard of engineering practices.

• Assess when to implement machine learning versus deterministic systems.

• Handle data throughout the entire process.

• Train, evaluate, and refine models.

• Construct reproducible data pipelines.

• Deploy models while monitoring their performance, drift, and associated costs.

• Investigate system and model failures.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong foundation in computer science (Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems, networking, distributed systems).

• Solid grasp of probability and statistics.

• Experience in building large-scale production systems.

• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (Go, Java, Python, Rust, SQL).

• Understanding of system behavior under load and failure conditions.

• Comfort with Linux, containers, and Kubernetes.

• Excellent debugging capabilities.

• Ability to reason using invariants and potential failure scenarios.

• Familiarity with data systems, streaming technologies, machine learning infrastructure, and performance optimization techniques.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Pension plan.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Paid time off.

• Focus on learning and development.

• Opportunities for knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical discussions.

• People-first culture that prioritizes employee well-being.

• Inclusive environment where diverse opinions and voices are respected.