Senior Software Engineer

Position Overview We're seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team in developing distributed, cutting-edge applied AI systems. This is a full-time position working directly with our engineering team to drive technical innovation and mentor mid-level and junior engineers. What You'll Do • Contribute to the architecture and development of production-grade distributed microservice systems running on Linux • Drive technical initiatives to advance our service mesh, contract-first APIs, and inter-service communication patterns • Build scalable data processing pipelines and high-throughput service infrastructure • Design and evolve protobuf contracts and gRPC service definitions across the platform • Provide technical guidance to junior team members What We're Looking For • 10+ years of professional experience developing distributed backend systems on Linux • Deep curiosity for all software and systems architecture topics • Expert-level Python programming and software architecture skills • Strong system design skills with a focus on service boundaries, API contracts, and fault tolerance • Fluency operating in Linux environments — comfortable living in the shell, reading logs, and reasoning about process, network, and filesystem behavior • Excellence in technical communication and documentation Required Technical Skills • Expertise in prompt engineering and AI-assisted development as a daily practice — Claude Code, Augment, Copilot, or equivalent is a force multiplier in your workflow, not a novelty • Expertise in designing and operating microservice architectures at scale • Deep experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers — schema evolution, streaming RPCs, interceptors, and contract-first development • Proficiency with version control and CI/CD practices • Experience with containerized deployments (Docker on Linux hosts), service discovery, and distributed computing • Strong grasp of observability: distributed tracing, structured logging, and metrics Highly Competitive Candidates Will Also Bring • Previous experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, or quality control systems • Experience with monorepo build systems (Bazel, Buck, Pants) and polyglot protobuf code generation • Familiarity with backwards/forwards compatibility patterns and API versioning at scale • Experience with real-time processing and edge computing constraints on resource-constrained Linux devices • Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code (Ansible, Terraform) for Linux fleet operations Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Range $75/hr – $85/hr. Originally posted on Himalayas