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Software Engineer, Streaming Systems

Hightouch · Remote (North America)

Posted about 3 months ago · $180,000 - $400,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Hightouch's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
66% of Hightouch's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Hightouch
high
82 stale, 0 reposted of 87 open
Hiring momentum
100 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Hightouch's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Hightouch.

About this role

As a Software Engineer on the Streaming Systems team at Hightouch, you will be responsible for building and maintaining high-throughput systems that handle billions of behavioral events in real-time. Your work will involve ingesting various types of data into the platform and ensuring the infrastructure can scale to meet increasing demand while delivering low-latency performance. You will have significant ownership over projects and collaborate directly with customers to solve complex scaling challenges.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Hightouch as an employer.

What you need

  • Experience with distributed systems and high-scale systems
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
  • Passion for solving hard technical problems that generate real value for customers

Nice to have

  • Experience with streaming systems like Kafka, Kinesis, Pulsar, Warpstream
  • Experience with high RPS, low p99 latency systems

What you get

  • Base salary range of $180,000 - $400,000 USD per year
  • Compensation includes equity via ISO options
  • Early exercise and a 10 year post-termination exercise window

Worth weighing

  • High ownership and autonomy may require strong self-motivation
  • Fast-paced environment may not suit everyone
  • Limited inbound applications to one per candidate could restrict options

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Listed by Hightouch on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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