Company Overview:
Our client is a publicly traded cloud storage company with two flagship products: a personal computer backup solution and a cloud object storage platform often compared to Amazon S3 — but chosen for its pricing and a no-egress-fees policy that has made it a go-to for cost-conscious builders. They run their own physical data centers (4 in the U.S., plus Netherlands and Canada), and their engineering culture is unusually transparent — they publish deep technical blog posts and hardware reliability reports that the industry actually reads. They're expanding globally, with active hiring across LATAM, India, and the Philippines. This isn't a company that abstracts away the hard parts; they own the stack, and it shows.
Your Role:
The Storage Platform team owns the foundational durable storage layer that every product is built on top of. Their job — and yours — is to make sure data doesn't get lost, performance holds at scale, and the architecture is ready for the next decade of growth. This is an open-ended, ambiguous, systems-close-to-the-metal role: you'll be investigating unclear symptoms, optimizing for specific hardware behaviors, improving throughput, and helping redesign components that general-purpose tools can no longer handle well. You'll be fully embedded with the U.S. team — not a satellite — which means deep collaboration, clear communication, and real ownership.
You'll:
Build and evolve a storage platform operating at cloud scale — we're talking exabyte-level storage with real durability constraints
Optimize for different hard drive and hardware characteristics, improving throughput and reducing error rates across hardware failure modes
Troubleshoot ambiguous, symptom-driven problems where the signal is limited and the root cause isn't obvious
Contribute to major architectural upgrades that will support the platform for the next 5–10 years — including support for emerging storage technologies
Take ownership of parts of the stack where general-purpose components stop being the right fit
Improve hardware utilization and efficiency as the business grows upmarket and scale increases
Collaborate closely with a distributed team — coordinating, problem-solving, and communicating across time zones daily
You Bring:
Strong software engineering fundamentals with comfort operating lower in the stack
Experience with complex systems where performance, reliability, and cost actually matter
A genuine ability to work through ambiguity — you can navigate limited signal and multiple possible causes without getting stuck
Solid collaboration and communication skills in English (strong enough for deep technical conversations)
Proficiency in Java, or meaningful experience in adjacent languages (C, C++, C#, Rust) — fundamentals matter more than the specific language
A track record of shipping in environments where engineering decisions have real downstream consequences
Bonus points:
Experience working with hardware or systems tightly coupled to hardware behavior
Exposure to Rustor interest in growing into it
Breadth across different systems and types of projects over time
What They Offer:
Fully remote contractor role based in LATAM (currently focused on Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia)
Competitive USD compensation: $50K–$90K base (location/market-adjusted) plus ~10% bonus
Full integration with the U.S. engineering team — real ownership, not a satellite setup
A chance to work on infrastructure that underpins real customer data at meaningful scale
A company with an unusually transparent engineering culture and a strong technical reputation
Interview Process:
1️⃣ Recruiter Screen — behavioral alignment, comp, logistics, and a few targeted questions
2️⃣ Technical Phone Screen — with a lead engineer from the Storage Platform team
3️⃣ Panel Interviews (×3) — ranging from lower-level coding to higher-level system design topics
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