System Engineer - ANTIMETAL : Job Details

As a Systems Engineer at Antimetal, you'll own the systems that power our platform - building high-performance software close to the metal while scaling reliable infrastructure. You'll tackle tough challenges in distributed systems, performance tuning, and infrastructure provisioning, playing a key role in shaping our stack as we grow. About Antimetal Antimetal is building the future of infrastructure management. We're starting by creating a platform that investigates, resolves, and prevents issues-giving engineers their time back to focus on what they do best: building great products. What You'll Do:

• Design, implement, and maintain Antimetal's core systems infrastructure (cloud, containers, and integrations).
• Develop high-performance, low-level software to optimize systems for reliability, scalability, and speed.
• Build and scale automations that connect data pipelines, internal tools, and customer-facing services.
• Deploy and manage infrastructure with modern tooling (Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, CI/CD pipelines).
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across systems and integrations, driving toward root cause and long-term fixes.
• Collaborate across backend, frontend, and product teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable systems.
• Author and maintain documentation, runbooks, and standards that raise the bar for operational excellence.
• Partner with leadership to anticipate scaling challenges and design systems that grow with customer demand.

• 5-8 years of engineering experience, with significant exposure to systems, infrastructure, or integrations in production environments.
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining distributed systems and data pipelines.
• Proficiency in a low-level systems programming language such as C, C++, Go, or Rust.
• Strong background in Linux systems, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and automation pipelines.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or similar) and IaC tools (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, etc.).
• Familiarity with metrics, logging, and tracing systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
• Oncall or incident-response experience, with a focus on reliability and scale.
• Excellent communication skills - you can explain tradeoffs clearly across technical and non-technical teams.
• Passion for building systems that are not just innovative but also practical and impactful.

• Experience writing and debugging assembly code for both RISC and CISC architectures.
• Background in observability/monitoring platforms.
• Deep understanding of agent-based architectures (i.e. system-level eBPF agents).
• Experience working with LLM-based applications or eagerness to deepen expertise in them.
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Love mentoring and teaching junior engineers.
• Exposure to security engineering or risk assessment frameworks.
• Experience working at an early-stage startup or on zero-to-one systems.

• Identify as a builder.
• Are excited to work in-person from our new and spacious office in New York.
• Love working in a startup environment (experience in a startup or obsession with going zero-to-one).
• Enjoy working with people who are ambitious, caring, and think in systems.
• Thrive in a fast-paced iterative environment where experimentation is essential.

• Pay & ownership - Competitive salary with generous equity grants.
• Full coverage + retirement - Fully covered health, dental, and vision, plus retirement benefits.
• Unlimited PTO - Take the time you need to recharge.
• Dinner on late nights - Working late? Dinner is on us.
• Fitness stipend - Monthly support for your health and wellness.
• Tools of the trade - Any equipment you need to do your best work.
• Commute perks - Citi Bike + train benefits.