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