Software Engineer
Company: System
Location: New York, New York, United States, Remote
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-08-26
About this role
- At System, engineers own, design, and deliver highly scalable software alongside a world-class team — and we are always interested in meeting people ready to make an impact on the future of science and data
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain scalable software systems
- Build resilient infrastructure for serving data at scale and with high availability
- Drive technical planning and contribute to the overall engineering strategy
- Develop and maintain continuous integration and deployment processes
- Work on innovative solutions for advanced and challenging data and systems problems
- Contribute to code reviews, unit testing, and development strategies in an agile environment
- Influence culture, recruit new engineers, and help shape a rapidly growing startup
### Benefits
- Public Benefit Corporation
- Work from home opportunities- 3+ years of experience in software engineering
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- A deep understanding of systems design, data structures, and algorithms
- Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure as code
- Ability to be flexible, rational, and open-minded
- Strong experience with at least one modern programming language such as Python, TypeScript, or Go
- Experience designing and building REST APIs or distributed systems
- Knowledge of microservice architecture and design principles
- Experience working with knowledge graphs or graph databases
- Familiarity with data migrations while maintaining service availability
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
- Experience deploying, monitoring, and supporting production services
- Think in systems — mapping feedback loops, interdependencies, and second-order effects comes naturally to you
- Care about the downstream effects of what you build — on users, on systems, on society
- Operate with intellectual humility — always learni...