Software Engineer - Storage

About the role

A partner company is looking for an experienced Software Engineer - Storage based in Kenya to help build and scale a high-performance object storage platform that simplifies how developers upload, manage, process and deliver digital assets. The role spans the full technology stack, from client libraries and command-line tools to storage servers, CDNs and deployment infrastructure, in a globally distributed, open-source-first environment.

Key responsibilities

• Improve analytics storage offerings and support open file formats such as Apache Iceberg and DuckLake.
• Develop asset optimization capabilities that speed up delivery for websites and mobile apps.
• Build and improve the edge network, including automatic cache invalidation.
• Enhance storage server performance, observability, scalability and reliability.
• Build a storage explorer with frontend engineers and improve APIs, client libraries and CLI tools.
• Improve upload and download resilience and protocol behavior.
• Maintain open-source storage server components and resolve escalated support cases.
• Take ownership of engineering initiatives end to end, and contribute to backend development, deployment, monitoring and scaling.

Required profile

• At least 5 years of backend engineering experience, including running Node.js applications in production.
• Experience designing, building or operating highly scalable distributed systems.
• Strong practical experience with PostgreSQL in production, including tuning and troubleshooting.
• Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced, asynchronous, globally distributed team.

Required skills

• Node.js in production environments.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Grafana.
• Nice to have: AWS, GCP or Azure; Docker and Kubernetes; CDN integration and caching; image/video processing tools (Sharp, FFmpeg); frontend frameworks such as React and Next.js.

What we offer

• Fully remote work from Slovenia with a globally distributed team.
• WeWork membership or coworking allowance.
• Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP).
• Budget for home-office equipment and 100% employer-paid health insurance (80% of dependents).
• Flexible, asynchronous work and annual education allowance.
• Annual company off-sites and open-source collaboration.