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Orb

Senior Software Engineer – Infrastructure

Orb

. Lead infrastructure resiliency efforts, including recovery mechanisms, tenant isolation, and load spike handling .

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSenior💰 $212,000 - $293,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in building scalable infrastructure and improving system observability, with a strong focus on performance-critical applications and mentoring engineering teams in best practices for risk mitigation and rollout strategies.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Infrastructure ResiliencyScalable Infrastructure DevelopmentPerformance OptimizationMentoring EngineersDebugging Complex Issues

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringInfrastructure EngineeringPerformance TuningError InvestigationLoad HandlingRecovery MechanismsEvent Processing
Soft Skills
CollaborationKnowledge SharingMentorship
Industry Keywords
ObservabilityTenant IsolationHigh-Growth ProductRisk MitigationRollout Strategies

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead infrastructure resiliency efforts, including recovery mechanisms, tenant isolation, and load spike handling
  • Improve observability and operability of systems
  • Build performance-critical, user-facing infrastructure such as real-time event processing
  • Plan scaling initiatives to handle large customer growth
  • Partner with other engineering teams to build reliable product features
  • Learn from peers and share expertise

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering
  • 4+ years of experience in the infrastructure domain
  • Deep understanding of edge cases, failure modes, and bottlenecks
  • Ability to investigate and debug tricky errors and performance issues
  • Experience building scalable infrastructure for a high-growth product
  • Ability to mentor fellow engineers on observability, rollout strategies, and risk mitigation
  • Specific experience with Orb’s listed tech stack is not required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • One Medical membership
  • Unlimited PTO plus an additional week off between Christmas and New Year’s
  • 401k plan
  • 16-week paid parental leave with equity vesting
  • Commuter stipend
  • Catered lunches in the office
  • Annual learning & development stipend
  • Meaningful equity in the form of stock options