Job Description

About the Role

We are looking for an engineer with a strong foundation in distributed systems. You’ll work on designing and building scalable, fault-tolerant systems that power ML systems/applications, with opportunities to contribute across infrastructure, data, and ML system integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement components of distributed systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance
• Write well-defined abstractions software implementations, ensuring flexibility and maintainability and code scalability
• Collaborate with product and domain experts to shape clear and expressive domain languages in software design
• Design database schemas and storage strategies for distributed environments
• Deliver clean, tested, and maintainable code in modern programming languages
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical design reviews
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate with large-scale ML systems

Basic Qualifications

• 2–5 years of professional software development experience
• Strong foundational knowledge of distributed systems (consensus, replication, partitioning, CAP trade-offs)
• Experience in at least one strongly-typed or statically-typed language (e.g., Java, Go, Rust, Scala, TypeScript)
• Understanding of software design principles: programming to abstractions, concurrency models, and domain-driven design concepts
• Hands-on experience with database design and query optimization for distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Contributions to open-source projects, especially in distributed systems or developer tooling
• Experience building or integrating with ML systems at scale
• Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure tools and systems
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate in a fast-paced, technical environment

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on challenging distributed and ML system problems at scale
• A culture that values technical depth, continuous learning, and open-source contributions
• Growth paths into system architecture, technical leadership, or ML platform engineering

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About Affogato

We are building systems for large-scale media generation—spanning video, audio, and images. Our platform combines automation and AI-driven workflows to help teams turn ideas into production-ready content quickly and consistently. Designed to integrate into existing pipelines, we focus on reliability, scalability, and ease of use for creators, developers, and enterprises alike.