Systems Engineer

Summary

Blacksmith is a company focused on building fast and efficient CI infrastructure. They are seeking a Systems Engineer to develop and scale distributed systems, focusing on performance and reliability issues across various technology stacks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and scale distributed systems
• Dig into performance and reliability issues across the filesystem, network, and storage stack
• Write and debug in C, C++, Go, Rust, or Zig
• Care deeply about efficiency, correctness, and safety at the systems level
• Self-host and manage infrastructure with build automation and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Get hands-on with distributed storage systems like Ceph or MinIO

Skills

• Have developed and scaled distributed systems and enjoy digging into performance and reliability issues across the filesystem, network, and storage stack
• Are comfortable writing and debugging in C, C++, Go, Rust, or Zig, and care deeply about efficiency, correctness, and safety at the systems level
• Are excited by the idea of self-hosting and managing infrastructure with build automation and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Have familiarity with distributed storage systems like Ceph or MinIO, or are eager to get hands-on with them
• Have 2+ years of software development experience, ideally in performance-critical or distributed environments
• Enjoy working in person in NYC with a small, tight-knit team
• Thrive in the ambiguity of an early-stage startup and are energized by building from first principles
• You've dabbled in your own side hustles or start-up projects
• You're comfortable creating new processes and iterating on them quickly

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Have developed and scaled distributed systems and enjoy digging into performance and reliability issues across the filesystem, network, and storage stack
• Are comfortable writing and debugging in C, C++, Go, Rust, or Zig, and care deeply about efficiency, correctness, and safety at the systems level
• Are excited by the idea of self-hosting and managing infrastructure with build automation and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Have familiarity with distributed storage systems like Ceph or MinIO, or are eager to get hands-on with them
• Have 2+ years of software development experience, ideally in performance-critical or distributed environments
• Enjoy working in person in NYC with a small, tight-knit team
• Thrive in the ambiguity of an early-stage startup and are energized by building from first principles

Nice to Haves

• You've dabbled in your own side hustles or start-up projects
• You're comfortable creating new processes and iterating on them quickly

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
• 401K match.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Annual offsite.
• Early-exercise stock options.
• 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US).