Systems Engineer
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- Posted 3 days ago · via Himalayas
Design advanced applications integrating external APIs for global clients
As a Systems Engineer at GitStart, you'll help scale engineering teams of global clients by designing advanced applications and integrating with external APIs. You'll work on technical codebases from YC startups to unicorns, contributing to PRs and gaining open source experience. The role involves mastering system programming, networking, concurrency, and OS-level concepts while contributing to important repositories.
Why This Role?
Gain open source experience by building up your OSS profile and contributing to important repositories
Key Responsibilities
- Design advanced applications for global clients
- Integrate with external APIs including WebSockets, TCP, HTTP, and UDP
- Write and review code from day one with daily peer and senior engineer feedback
- Model different systems and integrate them using strong data structures and concurrency knowledge
- Debug down into source code for C++, Rust, or GoLang to understand how things work
- Create technical design docs and document edge cases in large codebases
Requirements
- Mastery in System Programming (C++, Rust, or GoLang)
- Solid networking experience (WebSockets, TCP, HTTP, UDP)
- Strong command of memory management and concurrency
- Strong ability in data structures and modelling
- Strong grip on OS level sys-calls and their application-level mapping
- Ability to understand large codebases without getting lost in them
Required Skills
Indonesia Context
- Working Hours Overlap:
- Flexible — work your own hours
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Original description from Himalayas
Locations being considered: Anywhere TLDR: join a career accelerator for developers by developers. Locations being considered: Anywhere TLDR: join a career accelerator for developers by developers. Alumni have joined companies like Amazon, Meta, and Google or founded their own. — 💼 About the Role: As a Systems Engineer, you'll help to scale the engineering teams of our global clients and build cool stuff. From designing advanced applications to integrating with external APIs, your expertise will drive innovation and success. GitStart is a community of developers that turns tickets into PRs for YC startups to unicorns. ⭐️Reasons to join: 🌱Grow your skills - Write and review code from day one, get daily review from peers and senior/staff engineers, join technical/PM/communication growth tracks 🌍World class codebases - condense decades of learnings into years by working on the most technical codebases in the planet 🤖Become AI native - get access to all new AI development tools as they come out, from GPT-4 to agents that auto-create tickets based on your PR comments 👩💻Fully remote and async - work when you want, where you want, and how you want. No micromanaging. 🚀Gain open source experience - Build up OSS profile and make contributions to a number of important repositories 🤝Build lasting connections - bond with people from 15+ countries, across game nights and local events 🎯 Your Technical Skills: Mastery in System Programming (C++ or Rust or GoLang) Able to open up abstractions (i.e ability to debug down into source code for C++ / Rust / GoLang and understand how things work) Solid networking experience (WebSockets / TCP / HTTP / UDP) Strong command of memory management and concurrency (thread-safe data structures, atomics, understanding weak vs strong refs) Strong ability in data structures and modelling - ability to model different systems and integrate them Strong grip on OS level sys-calls and how they map into application-level codebases Ability to understand large codebases without getting lost in them Strong understanding of high-performance computing and parallelism (Queues, Multi-threading and message passing) Key eye for beautiful interfaces and abstractions (API Design, System Architecture Docs) Product-wise Ability to master different domains very quickly Excellent at documenting and creating technical design docs Fine eye for edge cases (i.e ability to find out what breaks things and thinking deep into what could go wrong) 😊 You’re a fit if You are insanely hungry You've showcased extreme ownership in the past You learn on the go - ability to jump quickly into large unknowns and start to tackle them bit by bit You learn by doing - tinker and play with things until they make sense You have a keen eye for feedback loops to solve problems (iterate to get somewhere instead of trying to aim for the finish line) A bit of a perfectionist. You care deeply about your craft 🔄 What to expect If you make it through the application stage, here is what you can expect: Technical Assessment -> Technical Interview-> Hackweek ( Work on 2-5 issues on a large public OSS codebase ) -> Full time offer Ready to do the best work of your life? Contact us here. Originally posted on Himalayas
Salary Context
Similar Operations roles on LokerDollar pay around $110k/yr (range $2.2k–1040k/yr, n=304 active listings).
Hiring at GitStart
GitStart has 1 other active role on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since Oct 13, 2026 — across Operations, Engineering.
View all GitStart openings →Market context
- ESTIMATEEstimated pay is 37% above the role median of $110,000/year (n=304 pay-disclosing listings).
- VERIFIEDGitStart: 2 postings in the last 3 months, 2 all-time on LokerDollar.
- VERIFIEDCompany first seen Oct 13, 2026.
- VERIFIEDThis listing first seen Oct 13, 2026.
- VERIFIEDLast verified live Oct 13, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Systems Engineer at GitStart a remote job?
- Yes. Systems Engineer at GitStart is a fully remote role open to candidates worldwide.
- What type of employment is Systems Engineer at GitStart?
- This is a full time position.
- How do I apply?
- Click the "Apply" button on this page to go to the official application at GitStart.
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