Staff / Principal Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

GameGiants • Dublin, Dublin • Posted June 03, 2026

About the Role

Staff / Principal Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)


📍 Fully Remote | Global

💼 Contractor (B2B)


We are partnering with a global technology organization seeking exceptional Staff and Principal Engineers to work on large-scale distributed systems, data infrastructure, and open-source technologies.


This is a rare opportunity to contribute to the internals of widely adopted Apache ecosystem projects and help shape the next generation of distributed data platforms.


What You’ll Be Working On


• Distributed systems architecture and scalability

• Query engines, optimizers and execution frameworks

• Storage systems and data infrastructure

• Replication, checkpointing and state management

• Performance optimization and reliability engineering

• Kubernetes infrastructure and orchestration

• Core development of Apa...