Build reliable background jobs, workflows, and AI agents without extra infrastructure. Automatic retries, flow control, and step-level observability. Backed by a16z.
About the role
To be able to build something that scales and functions well, a Systems Engineer needs to be both a generalist and a specialist. Along with our existing team, you'll be responsible for the inner workings of our queueing system (eg. working on debounce, concurrency over time), state store (handling terabytes to petabytes of storage), the API layers in-between, and sometimes the high-level SDKs that our users build with.
What they're looking for
- You've been working on distributed systems for several years
- You've used Go or similar statically typed languages professionally for two years or more
- You've architected, or been involved in designing, systems that handle scale
- You understand engineering trade-offs and can make correct judgement calls on approaches available
- You understand how to observe, monitor, and maintain the systems you design
- You appreciate simplicity, even if it's harder to design and build
More about this role
Systems Engineers at Inngest build the core of our product: the durable execution layer, queueing system, state stores, and the distributed systems that connect them together. It's extremely fun, rewarding, and technical work that provides interesting challenges and deep gratification.
About us: Inngest is solving long standing developer problems in a novel way which means we’re creating first-of-it’s-kind solutions. We’re building tools that developers will use in their everyday workflow so efforts to improve UX and performance are primary. Importantly, you’ll need a strong product mindset and an interest in developer tools.
To be able to build something that scales and functions well, a Systems Engineer needs to be both a generalist and a specialist. Along with our existing team, you'll be responsible for the inner workings of our queueing system (eg. working on debounce, concurrency over time), state store (handling terabytes to petabytes of storage), the API layers in-between, and sometimes the high-level SDKs that our users build with.
Your work will directly impact millions of developers, and you'll collaborate with our designers, engineers, and founders to build the best...
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