Senior Cloud/Backend Engineer
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Requirements
• 3+ years of experience as an independent backend or infrastructure engineer • Ability to design and build scalable, reliable systems • Strong communication skills • Hands-on builder mentality — this is a coding role. • Experience with: • Relational and non-relational databases • Major Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), GCP is an advantage • Streaming systems • Scaling large systems • Monitoring systems like DataDog, Grafana, Groundcover • Bonus Skills: Kubernetes and Knative (production experience) & ClickHouse • Technologies we use • Technologies we use • Databases: ClickHouse, MongoDB, Redis, PubSub, Postgres, BigTable, Firestore, SonicDataFlow • Databases: • Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Knative, GCP, Temporal • Infrastructure: • Languages: Node.js, TypeScript, Python • Languages: • Tooling: Git, GitHub, GCP build infrastructure, GitHub Actions • Tooling: • Our Values • Our Values • We Are Customer Obsessed: From our mission to every detailed project, everything we do is designed to create a positive impact for our customers. • We Are Customer Obsessed • We Move (Very!) Quickly: The speed at which we work, iterate, and deliver value is our most competitive advantage. • We Move (Very!) Quickly • We Are Trustworthy: Candor, directness, and honest communication helps us learn, grow and improve so we can win together. • We Are Trustworthy • We Are Curious: We extend beyond our comfort zone and ask questions that guide us towards new, creative, and bold paths. • We Are Curious • We Act Like A Mensch: We act with honor, integrity and empathy, and have deep respect for our customers and each other. • We Act Like A Mensch
Responsibilities
• Deploy and support our service infrastructure in Kubernetes • Identify the right tools and technologies for major initiatives and then build them • Help other teams and developers design robust and scalable systems. • Scale and optimize multiple databases • Build internal tooling that accelerates developer velocity • Provide observability, monitoring, and visibility across our systems • *On-Call Responsibilities (2–3 rotations per month)- You will participate in a shared on-call rotation, typically 2–3 times per month, covering the period from Friday at 7:00 AM ET through Saturday at 5:00 PM ET. • How our on-call system works • You’ll receive full internal training to understand our architecture, operational flows, and incident procedures • During your rotation, you are the primary point of escalation for production issues • On-call is not a daily responsibility, only during your assigned weekends • Shifts rotate across the team to maintain balance and avoid burnout • What on-call requires • Strong understanding of system architecture and cross-service dependencies • Previous real-world experience in production on-call environments • Ability to quickly assess incidents, identify scope/root cause, and understand platform impact • Ability to classify severity and prioritize response appropriately • Capability to deploy safe production hotfixes when needed • Solid judgment under pressure - especially when operating independently • Ownership mindset: from detection to mitigation to resolution
Benefits
• We’re looking for a Senior Cloud Backend Engineer to join our Infrastructure Team. You should enjoy solving complex problems, working deep in the details, helping other developers, and owning systems end-to-end. This role also includes being a key part of our weekend on-call rotation, supporting the reliability of our platform. • This role also includes being a key part of our weekend on-call rotation, supporting the reliability of our platform. • Are you passionate about building reliable, scalable systems? Do you thrive on open-ended problems? Do you love designing, building, and owning complex infrastructure from conception to production? If yes, you’re in the right place.