System Software Engineer

About the role

As a System Software Engineer, you will be a key individual contributor in advancing operating system‑level capabilities underlying DataPelago’s data processing engine. You will enhance functional breadth, performance, scale, and reliability of these OS‑level services on diverse accelerated hardware platforms. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on a category‑defining product and work with a talented team of engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Architect: Influence the architecture of how our data processing engine harnesses and manages compute, memory, storage, and network resources.
• Design: Lead design of functional and performance enhancements to OS‑level capabilities such as concurrent event processing, memory management, and inter‑process communication.
• Core Development: Individually design, implement, test, optimize, and maintain components of the data processing engine.
• Innovation and Differentiation: Analyze advances in system services and programming models for high‑concurrency data processing on CPUs and GPUs (e.g., Rust, CUDA runtime) and identify opportunities for technology leadership.
• Collaboration: Partner effectively with the execution engine engineering team to enhance system software capabilities.
• Continuous Improvement: Foster best practices in design, code reviews, testing, CI/CD, and issue resolution to maintain top product quality, security, and efficiency.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years experience, or Master’s with 3+ years.
• 3+ years of deep technical experience developing OS‑level services such as task scheduling, memory management, interprocess communication, and asynchronous event processing.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve functional and performance anomalies in pre‑ and post‑production environments.
• Strong knowledge of operating system internals and computer architecture.
• Exceptional programming skills in C, C++, and Rust.
• Extensive development experience in Linux environments.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a passion for performance optimization.

Required skills

• C
• C++
• Rust
• Linux
• CUDA runtime

What we offer

• Technology leadership in shaping core OS‑level capabilities for a cutting‑edge data processing engine.
• Opportunities to work on accelerated computing and data processing challenges.
• Direct impact on performance and scalability of a mission‑critical platform.
• Growth through collaboration with talented engineers and expanding responsibilities.
• Competitive compensation, stock options, comprehensive benefits, and leadership development opportunities.