Senior Software Engineer, Control Plane

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance the control plane systems that manage customer identity, placement, and lifecycle across a multi-cell architecture.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, and observability of mission-critical control plane services.
• Partner with engineering teams to provide safe infrastructure primitives and standards for cell-compatible systems.
• Help operate critical infrastructure through incident response and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency with Python; experience with Rust is a plus.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
• Strong understanding of replication, consistency models, and service coordination.
• Experience building infrastructure services or platform APIs used by multiple teams.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience operating containerized systems (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Track record of operating production systems with strong ownership.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to document platform systems clearly.

Compensation

Base salary range: $190,000 - $280,000 USD, plus incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance.