# Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at WebAI > United States · Staff · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3AwebAI%3A2ac17cdd-9e74-479b-9444-59ba43a600ac (read 2026-11-11). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [WebAI](https://alderhq.app/companies/webai) - Location text: Austin, TX - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Austin, TX") - Posted: 2026-11-10 (0 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-11 · last verified: 2026-11-11 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/webAI/2ac17cdd-9e74-479b-9444-59ba43a600ac - Skills listed (inferred): Go, Rust, C++, Distributed systems ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: not posted - Market band for similar posted roles (Austin, n 37): p25 $185k, median $200k, p75 $263k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 1 ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) ## Description (the employer's text) ### About Us At webAI we firmly believe that the future of AI lies in distributed processing at the edge, bringing computation closer to the source of data generation. Our mission is to build a future where local and private is the default, servers and data centers are optional. Where valuable data and intellectual property remain entirely private, enabling the deployment of large-scale AI models directly on standard consumer hardware without compromising the information embedded within those models. We are developing an end-to-end platform that is secure, scalable, and fully under the control of our users, empowering enterprises with AI that understands their unique business. ### About the Role We are looking for Engineers to drive webAI Public Sector initiatives focused on secure, resilient, and distributed data systems operating at the tactical edge. In our world, network connectivity isn't guaranteed. Systems must thrive in Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) bandwidth environments. We are less concerned with formal peer-to-peer or blockchain dogmas and far more focused on practical, robust edge synchronization: building systems that can discover local nodes, store-and-forward critical data across ad-hoc transports (such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth), and reconcile state once connectivity is restored. This is real world edge work built for dynamic field settings, rather than sterile cloud data centers or closed SCIF environments. You will architect software running across a hybrid footprint of edge nodes, mobile endpoints, and cloud sync services. ### Responsibilities Architect Resilient Transport & Sync Layers: Design and implement store-and-forward transport and data synchronization protocols tailored for low-bandwidth, high-latency, and DDIL field conditions. Ad-Hoc Networking & Discovery: Implement local peer discovery and async I/O transports operating over heterogeneous physical links, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, and ad-hoc mesh networks. Field Ready Systems Engineering: Apply delay tolerant networking (DTN) principles and local conflict-free data synchronization (e.g., CRDTs and content-addressable storage) to ensure mission critical applications function offline indefinitely. Integration with Core Components: Integrate applied software components deployed at the edge with core infrastructure. Performance & Resource Optimization: Employ memory management and debugging techniques against resource-constrained systems to improve our network. Security & Cryptographic Primitives: Understand and implement various authorization and authentication security patterns, suitable for DDIL and contested environments. Cross Functional Collaboration: Partner with hardware, mobile, and forward-deployed teams to validate end-to-end functionality under simulated and live field constraints. ### Qualifications ### Core Requirements 5-7+ years of software engineering experience building robust systems software or distributed networking services. Core Languages: Strong proficiency in Rust or other systems level languages (Go, C, or C++). Resilient Networking Expertise: Demonstrated experience with store-and-forward architectures, delay-tolerant networks (DTN), async I/O, or local device-to-device transport layers (e.g., BLE, TCP/IP, socket-level async networking). Edge & Offline First Mindset: Practical experience solving synchronization challenges under intermittent, contested, or low-throughput network constraints (DDIL). ### Nice-to-Haves / Pluses Familiarity with hybrid mobile/cloud application architecture and state reconciliation. Hands-on experience testing and evaluating wireless networking hardware and software in physical field or operational testing environments (outside of traditional lab/SCIF environments). Background in content-addressable data structures, Merkle DAGs, or CRDTs. Expertise in embedded hardware or robotics orchestration. ### Why webAI? At webAI we do our best to live out our core values we have put in place as the foundation on which we operate as a team. We are looking for people who are interested in personifying the same: --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3AwebAI%3A2ac17cdd-9e74-479b-9444-59ba43a600ac and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.