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PlaygroundPlaygroundNew York, NY

Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer building and maintaining scalable, secure frontend infrastructure and developer tooling for a child care platform. Requires 5+ years experience, React proficiency, and expertise in Vite, CI/CD, and monitoring tools.

$250k – $300k/yr
On-site5+ YOEFrontend Engineering

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team to enhance deployment pipelines, security measures, and infrastructure scalability.
  • Optimize Vite configurations to improve build times, reduce bundle sizes, and enhance the developer experience.
  • Ensure robust separation between development, staging, and production environments while maintaining the ability to debug critical issues.
  • Implement and maintain a centralized queryable logging system that allows engineers and support teams to efficiently debug and analyze system behavior.
  • Improve and maintain real-time service uptime monitoring and alerts using tools such as Google Cloud Monitoring, PostHog, Sentry, or similar platforms.
  • Maintain and improve internal developer tools to enhance productivity, including CI/CD automation and workflow enhancements.
  • Ensure compliance with security best practices across deployment and infrastructure processes.
  • Write and maintain clear, accessible documentation for configurations, processes, and best practices.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or software engineering focused on frontend systems.
  • Must be proficient in React.
  • Proficiency with modern deployment tools and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong experience with Vite, monorepos, and optimizing frontend build tools.
  • Experience working with logging and monitoring solutions such as Sentry, Datadog, or Google Cloud Monitoring.
  • Deep understanding of security best practices and infrastructure resilience.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary + equity
  • 3 weeks of PTO
  • Health, vision, and dental benefits
  • $1200/year education stipend
  • Free lunch daily
  • New MacBook
  • Collaborative and supportive work culture with a high level of autonomy and room for growth

Skills

ReactViteCI/CDGoogle Cloud MonitoringSentryDatadogMonoreposFrontend Build ToolsLogging SystemsSecurity Best Practices