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New York, NY | $200K-$300K + Equity | On-site We are working with an early-stage, venture-backed technology company building software and AI for a large, historically underserved industry. They’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep infrastructure and distributed systems experience to join a small engineering team in NYC. You’ll work directly with the founders, owning major technical problems end-to-end and helping establish the architecture and engineering foundations of the company. This is not a traditional DevOps/SRE role . They’re looking for a software engineer who has built serious production systems and wants to own the infrastructure and platform underneath a rapidly scaling company. What you'll do Design and build core platform and distributed systems from the ground up Own architecture decisions across backend systems and shared infrastructure Build multi-tenant infrastructure that scales efficiently as the business grows Own the path from commit → production, including CI/CD, testing, deployment workflows and developer tooling Establish observability, monitoring, reliability and incident-response practices Make pragmatic architecture decisions balancing speed today with scale tomorrow Build internal abstractions and tooling that make the entire engineering team faster Work directly with the CTO on the company’s hardest technical problems What we're looking for 6+ years of software engineering experience , with significant backend, platform, infrastructure or distributed systems depth Experience scaling production systems at a rapidly growing, VC-backed startup At least one recognizable growth-stage technology company on your background Strong distributed systems fundamentals and experience operating systems at meaningful production scale Evidence of personally owning important architecture decisions — not simply operating infrastructure designed by others Comfortable working with ambiguity and taking problems from idea → architecture → implementation → production Experience with CI/CD, developer tooling, multi-tenant systems, observability or incident response is a plus They’re tech-stack agnostic and care much more about the complexity and scale of systems you’ve owned than whether you’ve used a particular tool. Interested? Apply today
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.