We are seeking a seasoned backend engineer to lead our efforts in building and scaling distributed systems. As a Staff Engineer, you'll have significant autonomy to drive technical decisions and shape our infrastructure as we grow.
Your expertise will be applied to areas such as building a scalable platform, improving database performance, and enhancing overall system reliability. You'll collaborate with domain experts to drive technical direction and make informed decisions.
Main Responsibilities
* Driving technical direction and infrastructure decisions.
* Ownng aspects of our infrastructure at scale – including writing application code, automating systems, improving observability, and low-level tuning of datastores used in production.
* Developing and maintaining technical standards, guidelines, and best practices.
* Contribute to all phases of software development, including ideation, prototyping, design, and implementation.
* Playing an active role in the hiring, mentoring, and career development of other engineers.
* Raising the bar for technical standards, performance, reliability, and operational excellence.