[zffr]

I'm more interested in the general problem of building those interconnected services, figuring out how to verify correctness, and scaling them to service the traffic they get. I think consensus might be a part of that (maybe for garbage collection?), but it's not something I'm specifically interested in.

[bgar]

Right. Then it might be worth applying to cloud software engineer roles in general, and be sure to ask your interviewers about what sort of architecture they work on. In your case, seems like you’ll be more keen to work on those teams that have multiple services, not those that have monoliths.