Member of Technical Staff Distributed Systems Engineer
Reflection · New York, NY; London; San Francisco, CA ·
- Work mode
- Onsite
- Category
- Software engineering
- Visa sponsorship
- Yes
Reflection AI is hiring a Member of Technical Staff (Distributed Systems Engineer) in New York, San Francisco, or London to build and operate shared services, APIs, SDKs, and internal platforms supporting AI research and production workflows, with a focus on reliability via SLIs/SLOs, performance under load, and reducing operational burden through tooling.
You will build and operate shared services, APIs, SDKs, and internal platforms. You will define reliability targets, maintain operational readiness, improve correctness and performance under load, and reduce operational burden through tooling, standardization, and scalable platform patterns.
Responsibilities
- Build and operate shared services for research and production workflows
- Define and uphold reliability targets using SLIs and SLOs
- Maintain runbooks, incident playbooks, and capacity plans
- Ensure correctness and performance under load
- Develop APIs, SDKs, and internal platforms
- Reduce operational burden through tooling, standardization, and platform patterns
Requirements
- Software engineering experience delivering production-grade systems
- Experience designing APIs, services, or developer platforms for large-scale data or compute
- Ability to debug complex codebases and optimize reliability and speed
- Distributed systems knowledge
- Cross-functional communication skills
Benefits
- Stock options
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Annual wellness allowance
- Daily in-office lunch and dinner
- 22 weeks of paid parental leave
- Unlimited paid time off in the U.S.
- 30 days of vacation in the U.K.
- Visa sponsorship support
- Regular off-sites, happy hours, and team celebrations