# Software Engineer, Distributed Systems at Mixpanel

- Company: Mixpanel
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: http://mixpanel.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, US (Hybrid)
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mixpanel/jobs/8162414
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mixpanel-software-engineer-distributed-systems/

## About the role

As a Software Engineer III (L3) on Data Runtime, you'll design and build the systems that execute every query at Mixpanel. You'll contribute to the technical design for complex distributed-systems projects, from prototype to global rollout, on initiatives like elastic query compute, the distributed file cache, columnar storage internals, and compaction.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating data infra/backend systems, with a track record of shipping quality work quickly
- A solid foundation in distributed systems or data infrastructure, and the drive to go deep
- Experience owning a project or significant component end to end: driving the design, building it, shipping it, and running it in production
- Strong technical communication, especially in writing, e.g., design docs, code review, async discussion across a distributed team
- Sound judgment in technical tradeoffs, informed by real lessons from operating systems in production

Tags: Engineering