Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join our growing Series A startup as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to building a Kubernetes-based data pipeline product. Collaborate with the engineering team, CEO, and Product team to design and implement new features, develop deployment processes, and lead features end-to-end.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on backend infrastructure and orchestration
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (K8s) deployments and containerization
• Hands-on expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools like CloudFormation and Terraform
• Solid understanding of cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure) and managing infrastructure within these environments
• Experience implementing SRE best practices, with a focus on automation, monitoring, and incident management
• Strong written and spoken English to produce clear, detailed documentation

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the engineering team, CEO, and Product team to design and implement new features to our self-hosted and hosted cloud governance products
• Develop and maintain deployment processes that enable customers to self-host our product on Kubernetes clusters, or us to manage it for them
• Build, automate, and manage infrastructure with CloudFormation, Terraform, and other IAC tools
• Lead features end-to-end from RFC → Implementation → Testing → Documentation → Release
• Implement SRE best practices, focusing on automation, monitoring, and resilience to ensure the scalability and reliability of our platform, regardless of where it is deployed
• Contribute to our managed services and help optimize deployment for both self-hosted and managed environments
• Work directly with customers to iron out issues during deployment, and use this feedback to improve the product

Benefits

• Remote-first company with flexible working arrangements
• Competitive salary with substantial equity upside
• A collaborative, remote-friendly culture with regular team events to stay connected
• High-impact role with ample opportunities for career growth