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The Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer leads the development and architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems designed for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads. This role involves optimizing code and data paths, leveraging data plane platforms for large-scale retrieval and storage, and designing fault-tolerant components using redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms. The engineer manages network unreliability through load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting while ensuring systems meet specific service level objectives. Key responsibilities include establishing telemetry, building proactive dashboards, and conducting complex validation such as fault injection and brownouts. Additionally, the role involves implementing robust security controls in multi-tenant environments and developing Infrastructure as Code to automate cloud management. The position requires expertise in distributed state management tools and automated deployment processes to ensure continuous availability and data integrity across all core infrastructure components.
Distributed Systems
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Cloud Infrastructure
Data Processing
System Design
Telemetry
Monitoring
Alerting
rate‑limiting
Fault Injection
Data Replication
Security Controls
Encryption
Automation
Scalability