Staff Engineer, Distributed Systems
LaunchDarklySalary not specified
Full Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
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Technology, Aviation, Retail, Travel, Hospitality, DefenseIndustries
Requirements
- Excellent Rust experience, either professionally or demonstrated with personal projects or open-source work
- Excitement to learn the fundamentals of distributed file storage and sync systems
- BSc in Computer Science or equivalent
- Excellent operating systems knowledge covering topics such as system calls, concurrency primitives, memory mapping, durability and write ordering
- Good algorithmic reasoning and data structure knowledge covering probabilistic structures, graph theory, and computational complexity analysis
- A willingness to travel (including internationally) once a quarter for team get-togethers and design sessions
- Strong communication skills, with an emphasis on written communication skills in particular
Responsibilities
- Work with product managers and other engineers to help design the future of the technology
- Troubleshoot production issues, and design future remediations to deliver on Ditto's goal of a high performance, self-healing, and reliable mesh
- Relentlessly optimize to ensure efficient bandwidth utilization and reliable data transfer between peers
- Use both industry standard and novel techniques to build robust data sync technologies: Checksumming, content-defined chunking, Merkle trees, erasure codes, and data deduplication with content-addressable storage; Modern probabilistic data structures such as bloom filters and cuckoo filters; Highly concurrent async programming in Rust; Content addressing and retrieval in a dynamic mesh with no central coordination; Low-level IO optimization across Ditto’s supported platforms
- Support API design and product development teams by providing technical advice to leverage core Ditto mesh technologies
- Improve confidence in protocols and resiliency with lightweight formal methods such as property-based testing
- Author RFCs, design and document system architecture, and collaborate with other teams within Ditto
- Estimate the delivery timeline for projects and communicate with management and the broader team regarding project execution
- Set team culture by example, expanding Ditto’s culture of Trust, Communication, and Continual Improvement
Skills
Database Replication
Peer-to-Peer Sync
Data Synchronization
Protocol Design
Performance Optimization
Troubleshooting
Bandwidth Optimization
Mesh Networks
Self-Healing Systems
Ditto
Simplifies multi-platform app development and synchronization
About Ditto
Ditto.live simplifies the development of native applications for various platforms, including iOS, macOS, Android, and web. Its main product, the Edge Sync Platform, addresses the challenge of data synchronization by allowing developers to manage data that is distributed across multiple devices and cloud infrastructures. This platform enables developers to write their code once and deploy it across different platforms, which saves time and reduces effort in the app development process. Unlike many competitors, Ditto focuses on providing a seamless experience for developers by offering features like peer-to-peer authentication and offline syncing. The company's goal is to enhance the efficiency of app development and improve user experiences by enabling the creation of interconnected applications.
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2018Year Founded
$52.5MTotal Funding
SERIES_ACompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Consumer Software, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
51-200Employees
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Account/Flexible Spending Account
Unlimited Paid Time Off
401(k) Retirement Plan
Stock Options
Risks
Emerging startups may dilute Ditto's market share with similar solutions.
Rapid app framework evolution could outpace Ditto's integration capabilities.
Economic downturns may challenge Ditto's subscription-based revenue model.
Differentiation
Ditto offers real-time data sync without internet, unlike many competitors.
Their Edge Sync Platform supports both iOS and Android, reducing development time.
Ditto's peer-to-peer authentication enhances data privacy and security.
Upsides
Growing demand for edge computing boosts Ditto's market potential.
Offline-first app development trend aligns with Ditto's core capabilities.
5G expansion enhances Ditto's real-time data synchronization benefits.
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