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Staff Software Engineer, Application Infrastructure

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. Architect, design, and deliver ultra-reliable, high-performance services and infrastructure used by millions .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $151,000 - $309,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting and delivering high-performance, cloud-native services while ensuring adherence to engineering best practices. Proven ability to mentor teams and collaborate effectively across functions to drive product vision and technical direction.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Cloud-Native Services ManagementAsynchronous MessagingEvent-Driven ArchitectureJava or Kotlin ProficiencyAWS Experience

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Hard Skills
Distributed SystemsAPIsIntegration PatternsClean Code PracticesResilient Code Development
Soft Skills
Exceptional CommunicationCollaboration SkillsMentoring Junior Team MembersInspiring Cross-Functional Teams
Tools & Technologies
AWSKotlinGoPostgreSQLDynamoDBTerraformApache Pulsar
Industry Keywords
High-Performance ServicesInfrastructureEngineering Best PracticesPerformance BottlenecksSecure Services

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ApacheAWSCloudDistributed SystemsDynamoDBJavaKotlinPostgresPulsarTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Architect, design, and deliver ultra-reliable, high-performance services and infrastructure used by millions
  • Uncover and resolve performance bottlenecks across infrastructure, databases, and APIs
  • Define and enable adherence to engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines
  • Collaborate closely with the Product team to influence features, technical direction, and long-term product vision
  • Build and operate secure, observable, highly available, large-scale shared services and infrastructure
  • Manage cloud-native services, shared libraries, databases, event-driven architecture, and recurring-job tooling
  • Integrate systems with SMS and email providers to deliver millions of messages per day
  • Use AI-driven software development across design, implementation, testing, and production monitoring

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Hands-on experience building and operating complex, mission-critical, large-scale distributed systems in the Cloud
  • Expertise in asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, APIs, and integration patterns
  • Track record of delivering clean, maintainable, and resilient code
  • Proficiency in Java or Kotlin preferred; experience in other modern programming languages valued
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
  • Demonstrated ability to align and inspire cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrated record of mentoring junior team members and enhancing team effectiveness
  • Experience with AWS, Kotlin, Go, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Terraform, and Apache Pulsar through the team tech stack

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive compensation and benefits programs
  • Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible)
  • Equity
  • Flexible benefits supporting a healthy lifestyle and changing needs
  • Hybrid work model
  • Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities