Software Engineer, Infrastructure (2-8 YOE)
Backend engineers build and scale Airtable's infrastructure across teams like Base, Compute, Data, Storage, and Traffic. Requires 2-8 years experience in distributed systems, databases; CS degree; hybrid work in SF, NYC, Seattle, or LA areas.
About the job
What you'll do
- Proactively identify and lead significant improvements to Airtable’s infrastructure, working across teams and product areas to maximize business and engineering impact.
- Work on systems-level problems in a complex design space where scalability, efficiency, reliability, and security really matter.
- Build clean, reusable, and maintainable abstractions that will be used by Airtable’s engineers for years to come.
- Take full ownership of components of Airtable’s infrastructure, including responsibility for reliability, performance, efficiency, and observability of our production environment.
Who you are
- 2-8 years of industry experience, excited about learning new technologies in a fast-changing environment. Not a new grad position.
- Experience in databases, distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, and data infrastructure.
- Derive joy from refactoring and building clean abstractions to make complex systems fun to develop on and easy to understand.
- Strong background in computer science with a degree in CS or related field.
Compensation
Base salary range: $148,100 - $250,000 USD (varies by location including San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, New York City, Los Angeles). Total package includes benefits, restricted stock units, and possible incentive compensation.
Skills
Kubernetes, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Tidb, Spark, Kafka, Apache Flink, Distributed Systems, Databases
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