About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, a company in IT services & IT consulting, technology, internet platforms, and computer & network security.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Overview

This role is for an engineer focused on the request path for an S3-compatible object storage gateway (R2-style). You will design, implement, operate, and improve the API gateway that handles authentication, routing, rate limiting, and coordination with storage and metadata systems — delivering low-latency, highly available access at global scale. The confidential client operates at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, storage infrastructure, and edge computing.

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Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate a high-throughput S3-compatible API gateway serving every object operation (PUT, GET, LIST, DELETE), ensuring correctness and low latency.
• Implement and run production services on edge and cloud platforms (e.g., Cloud Workers-style runtimes and Kubernetes).
• Own the end-to-end request path: authentication & authorization, routing, rate limiting, retries, and error handling.
• Deliver projects from design docs through implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and post-launch maintenance.
• Improve reliability, performance, and observability; reduce operational toil and ramp into legacy code paths as needed.
• Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and postmortems to raise reliability standards.
• Use AI-assisted tools and workflows to accelerate development, debugging, and operational tasks.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with storage, metadata, networking, and platform teams on API contracts and capacity planning.

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Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years experience building or operating large-scale distributed systems with strict latency and reliability requirements.
• Strong programming experience in one or more of: Rust, TypeScript, Go, or similar languages.
• Practical experience designing or operating high-throughput APIs: authentication, routing, rate limiting, and backward-compatible API evolution.
• Familiarity with cloud and edge infrastructure concepts (object storage, HTTP/API gateways, edge compute, service-oriented architectures).
• Demonstrated understanding of reliability and observability practices: monitoring, alerting, performance tuning, and incident response.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to explain tradeoffs and coordinate across teams.
• Authorization to work in the U.S. for roles based in San Francisco, CA (candidates must meet any local work-authorization requirements).

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Preferred / Desirable

• Hands-on experience with the S3 API surface or comparable object-storage APIs.
• Experience with Cloud Workers, Durable Objects, or other edge compute platforms.
• Prior work on API gateway, request-path, or storage metadata systems.
• Solid background in performance optimization and high-throughput distributed systems.
• Comfortable and productive using AI coding assistants as part of a daily workflow.

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Location & Work Model

• This position is based in San Francisco, CA (local interview or in-person attendance at client hubs may be requested during the interview process). The authoritative job location is: San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S.; offers may be contingent on authorization to receive certain software or technology under U.S. export laws.

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What We Value

• Reliability-first engineering: correctness, observability, and performance on every call.
• Curiosity and ownership: engineers who write clear design docs and drive projects end-to-end.
• Collaboration across teams to deliver durable, maintainable systems at global scale.
• Responsible, inclusive behavior and respect for users’ privacy and security.

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Legal & Recruiting Notes

• This listing is posted by Careertakes as a third-party recruiting platform on behalf of a confidential client. Careertakes follows best practices used by third-party recruiters and will share qualified candidate information with the confidential client.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates with disabilities; please let us know if you need an accommodation to participate in the hiring process.
• The role may involve access to information subject to U.S. export controls; offers may be conditioned on your ability to receive controlled software or technology without export-license sponsorship.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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