# Distributed Systems Engineer at Beam

- Company: Beam (YC W22)
- What the company does: AI-Native Cloud Platform. Backed by Index.
- Company website: https://beam.cloud
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York, NY, US / San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-06
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beam/jobs/lwlKfNI-distributed-systems-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/beam-distributed-systems-engineer/

## About the role

We’re looking to hire someone to help us with Platform Engineering work. We’re working on lots of fun problems: Our backend is mostly in Go, with some Python. Your work will directly impact millions of users around the world.

## What they're looking for

- 3-5 years of experience working with a large distributed system
- Comfortable with Kubernetes
- Experience writing a statically typed language, like Golang or Rust
- Familiarity with things like gRPC, Helm/Kustomize, and Terraform
- Excited to collaborate closely with customers
- Enthusiasm for developer tools, cloud native technologies, and open source software

Tags: Engineering