Staff Engineer (Backend, DevOps, Infrastructure)

Posted: 2025-07-03

- Lead critical system rewrites to transform our architecture into a highly scalable, resilient foundation

- Own the design and performance optimization of our data storage systems, ensuring they scale with customer and AI demands

- Build and evolve our deployment pipelines, enabling reliable, automated releases for AI-first products

- Set up and manage modern cloud infrastructure from scratch, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure consistency, security, and scalability

- Establish engineering best practices, including observability, incident response processes, and system hardening for an AI-first platform

- Drive robust analytics and monitoring to track performance, reliability, and the effectiveness of our AI solutions

- Mentor engineers and elevate the team's capabilities across infrastructure, scalability, and AI product development

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

- 5+ years of experience building production-grade software systems, with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability

- Proven expertise in backend development with Node.js, including API design, system architecture, and cloud-based services

- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) and deploying production systems using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)

- Hands-on experience with database design, performance tuning, and scaling high-throughput data systems

- Familiarity with building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices

- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a distributed, fast-paced environment

- Comfortable operating in early-stage, high-ownership environments with evolving requirements