Core Infrastructure Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Core Infrastructure Software Engineer (Core Infrastructure Engineer 2)

Description

Design, develop, and operate highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant microservices across control plane, connectivity, distributed-systems data plane, and Linux daemon technologies. Implement reliability and scalability features, including performance/load testing, telemetry/alerting, and runbook-driven operational procedures. Support automation/IaC, incident response, and security/compliance processes while escalating complex issues to senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Implement distributed-systems components that enable horizontal/vertical scaling and support large-scale data processing

• Conduct performance and load testing

• Build fault-tolerant components with redundancy, replication, and automatic failover; apply recovery-oriented design

• Implement retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts for network variability

• Configure tests and alarms to detect failures; create and run operational runbooks

• Build dashboards, telemetry, and alerting mechanisms for component health monitoring

• Implement functional correctness and availability testing, including fault-injection and brown-out scenarios

• Use data replication and synchronization techniques to maintain integrity and availability

• Diagnose and resolve issues in system components; use automation scripts and tooling for troubleshooting

• Participate in on-call/operational support and root-cause investigations

• Apply encryption, access controls, and remediation plans; ensure cloud infrastructure compliance and up-to-date documentation

• Maintain Infrastructure as Code and follow change management for patching, updating, and rolling back applications

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with systems or application development

• 3+ years of experience with distributed systems or backend development

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related engineering field

• Proficiency with data structures, algorithms, and operating systems

• Familiarity with distributed systems (CAP theorem, consensus, messaging, high availability)

• Willingness to learn and responsibly apply AI/LLM tools and automation to improve workflows

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Life insurance and AD&D (with supplemental life coverage)

• Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)

• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

• 401(k) savings plan with company match

• Paid time off (flexible vacation for salaried employees and accrued vacation for others)

• Paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Voluntary benefits (e.g., auto, homeowner, pet insurance)

• Financial planning and group legal