Senior Software Engineer, ditto
+ Stock Options
Data sync platform
Open for applications
Data sync platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock Options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To expand the internet via software enabling devices to synchronise data in realtime, even where the internet doesn't reach.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 2-5 years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on distributed systems and low-level programming languages like Rust and/or modern C/C++
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and large-scale distributed systems
- Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization techniques
- Excellent communication skills, especially in asynchronous collaboration
- Ability to work effectively in a globally distributed team
Desirable
- Familiarity with storage engines like RocksDB or messaging systems like Kafka
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus or Grafana
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Big Peer to design and build scalable, high-performance distributed systems. You will work on both new features and optimizing existing infrastructure to ensure reliability and performance at scale
- Design, build, and maintain highly available and performant distributed systems
- Develop, optimize, and maintain infrastructure that supports Ditto’s peer-to-peer technology, focusing on scaling data synchronization
- Design and maintain high-performance, consistent caches and proxies to bridge Big Peers and Small Peers in the network
- Ensure data consistency and system performance by implementing correctness and load tests
- Collaborate with the SRE team to monitor, debug, and optimize distributed systems in production environments
- Implement automation tools and processes to streamline infrastructure management and deployments
- Write technical documentation, RFCs, and contribute to system architecture designs
- Drive performance tuning efforts to ensure systems meet the demands of large-scale, distributed environments
- Participate in on-call rotations, partnering with the SRE team to manage production systems and ensure uptime
Our take
While it's convenient to assume that all the data an app needs is always located in a single place, the reality is more messy. Multi-cloud platforms, IoT devices with varied or limited connectivity and even smartphones can hold necessary data for many applications. The problem for developers is how to tame, access and use this data. Ditto exists to fix this, providing a distributed database that pulls and synchronises data from edge devices and the cloud.
Able to operate even in locations without internet, using peer-to-peer WiFi, Bluetooth and wired networks to pull data together, it provides a layer of infrastructure which is increasingly required as IoT picks up steam. However, it is not the only entrant in this growing market, and faces competition from the likes of Whalesync, PieSync and Grouparoo.
While most of these companies provide the same kind of functionality, Ditto's large and growing customer base in the tens of thousands (including the likes of the US Air Force, Lufthansa and Japan Airlines) indicates that its product is a strong competitor in this space. It has also attracted the attention of investors, most recently closing a hefty Series A round. It intends to use this funding to almost double its headcount and to focus on commercializing its product.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
146% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2023
$45m
SERIES A
Nov 2021
$9m
SEED
Total funding: $54m
Company benefits
- Fully Remote
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Leadership
Max Alexander
(CPO)An extensive background in development, more recently working as a Mobile Engineer for Hipmunk and Product Engineer for Realm Inc.
Adam Fish
(CEO)Co-founded Roobiq in 2011. Following this they were VP of Product at Realm Inc and a Technical Consultant at HBO.
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