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Our team focuses on meaningful impact, first‑principles thinking, quick execution, and compassionate collaboration.\n\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a Principal Engineer to lead our Streaming Systems team in building high‑throughput, low‑latency infrastructure that ingests clickstream, product interaction, and transactional data for our AI agent product. The infrastructure must handle millions of messages per second with sub‑second end‑to‑end latency.\n\nPreserve Improve caching strategies for our online computation service.\n\nDesign systems that deduplicate message delivery at high throughput.\n\nDevelop zero‑downtime deployment patterns for real‑time computation.\n\nAbout You\n\nExperienced engineer with a passion for solving hard technical problems that deliver real value.\n\nComfortable leading complex, ambitious distributed‑systems projects and mentoring peers.\n\nStrong ownership, fast‑paced startup mindset, and a growth mindset.\n\nCommitted to scalable engineering and technical excellence.\n\nInterview Process\nOur interview process balances speed with thorough assessment of fit, both for the candidate and the team. 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