Sr Staff Backend Engineer, Platform Engineering - KDE Storage

Who we are

Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams. Unlike traditional monitoring and observability tools, we demystify complex network operations, enabling organizations to deliver applications and innovation at scale. Built by network experts to make critical insight accessible to every engineer, Kentik is the real-time source of truth that understands every network in context — from data center to cloud to the internet. This single platform unifies and correlates cloud, device, flow, and synthetic data to turn telemetry into action. Market leaders like Akamai, Booking.com, Dropbox, and Zoom rely on Kentik to run, manage, and optimize their networks.

What we do

Kentik's Platform Engineering group is responsible for storing, enriching, and querying traffic metadata and metrics from the world's largest networks. Our platform actively monitors infrastructure, triggers automated responses to outages and attacks, and is critical to delivering complete network observability to our customers. Our platform ingests trillions of records and serves hundreds of thousands of queries for our users each day. The scale that this group services is tremendous. Platform Engineering consists of 3 teams: (1) Ingest, (2) KDE Storage and Query,& (3) Network Data. Our KDE Storage Team is seeking an experienced backend engineer to scale our storage services.

What you'll do

As a Senior Staff Engineer in platform engineering on the KDE Storage Team,you will have the opportunity to co-own ,design,and scale a high-performance,data-intensive platform storage layer that services the network monitoring data from the most influential companies on the internet.You will work closely with customer service ,product,and other engineering teams to develop new network data observability & intelligence features. We have built a team of world-class engineers ,network experts,and technology thought leaders in a remote-friendly culture from day one .While prior experience in a remote environment is not required,we highly value strong collaboration and communication skills,and a high level of independence and autonomy.

• Help define and lead the execution of a multi-year technical roadmap for KDE Storage servicesand achieve industry-leading query speeds.
• Collaborate with other engineering,support,and sales teams to drive platform-wide storage standards.
• Solve high-visibility,challenges engineering problems related to data-intensive platform storage.

What you'll bring

Studies have shown that some candidates tend to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications.We encourage you to apply if you meet most of the criteria - even if you dont match all of the qualifications,your skillsand experience could be valuable in this role!

• 7+ years of experience in backend development using Go/C/Rust ,with a strong understanding of distributed systems ,concurrency ,and high-throughput data pipelines.
• Experience with Timeseries Databases ,especially the storage layer,is a big plus.
• Experience with object storage or distributed filesystems.
• Experience designing tiered storage strategies (Hot/Warm/Cold)and TTL-based data eviction at scale.
• A passion to grow personallyand contributeto our team.
• Strong collaboration skills ,essential for Kentik's remote-friendly culture.

Our tech stack

• Our core data engineand platform are primarily written in Go
• We use Node.js + Express for application serving,and React as our primary UI framework
• Tooling: JSand Python for toolingandscripting.
• Infrastructure & Messaging: Kafka for streaming pipelines ,Redis for caching,and Postgres/MySQL for metadata.
• APIs & Routing: REST/JSONand gRPC endpoints via HAProxyand Envoy.
• Operations: GitHubfor source control,Jenkinsfor CI/CD,and Jirafor project tracking.

What we offer

Kentikis a fully remote company that operates globally.We seek professionals that will help us thrive as an organization,and in turn,to broadenand enhance your career.Were very thoroughin the interview processto understand your skillsand how they will relateto your successful growth here at Kentik.Our compensation philosophy encompasses a fair program forall inorderto attract ,engageand retain talented individuals who will drive our businessand wow our customers. The compensation range for this positionis: $200 ,000045 ,000 .This range reflects the lowand high endof the U.S.compensation range Kentik reasonablyand generally expects topaythe hired candidatein this role.The actual compensation offeredmay be loweror higher than thestated rangedependingon various factors including but not limitedto:

• Experience withthe skill sets requiredfor success
• Demonstrated competenciesand potential
• A geographic market-based approach

In additionto a great career opportunity,Kentik offers stellar benefitsfor ouremployees which include:

• 100%of premiums are paidby companyfor health ,visionand dental coverage for youand your dependents
• Additionallyan annual Health Reimbursement Account(HRA)of $3 ,000for an individualor $4 ,500for afamily
• Paid family & medical leave
• Open PTO,a quarterly Wellness Day,and aminimumof 10 paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement account
• Home office reimbursement
• Stock options

Note: Benefits are as listed forall US full-time employees.For compensation international applicants will be treated equitablyin relationto the laws applicable withinthe countriesin whichwe operate.

Come work with us

The true meaningof Kentikis visibility .Were committed tomaking sure everyone feels empowered touse their voice hasa senseof belonging,and is representedat Kentik. We dont lookfor individuals who fitthe culture,but those who will continue to add tothe culture.We encourage everyoneto apply especially those individuals who are underrepresentedin the industry: peopleof color,LGBTQI+ community,women individualswith disabilities(both seenand unseen), veterans,and peopleof any age or family status. Kentikis committedtocreatingan inclusive interview process.If you requirea reasonable accommodation duringthe application or interview processplease reach outtorecruiting@kentik.com. Come as you are! You will be working ata fast-growing well-funded startup alongside industry thought leadersand network aficionadosas webuildthe futureof observabilityand setthe high barfor how network operationsand digital businessesshould run.Witha competitive salaryand amazing benefits ontopofthemeaningfuland challenging projectsyoull takeon,were sureyoull enjoy joiningthe Kentik team.