Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Summary

Join Quora, a remote-first company, and contribute to the development of its global knowledge-sharing platforms, Quora and Poe. As a Core Infrastructure Engineer, you will be part of a small engineering team tackling challenging problems daily. You will play a crucial role in building and maintaining large-scale distributed systems, ensuring Quora's stability, scalability, and efficiency. The role involves managing backend databases and services, optimizing system performance, and developing monitoring tools. You will also participate in on-call rotations and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Quora offers a variety of benefits, including health insurance, stock options, remote work stipends, paid time off, and employee counseling.

Requirements

• Work at least from 3 PM to 9 PM PST during "coordination hours"
• Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Have 4+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Possess expertise in data storage (MySQL, MyRocks, HBase, Memcached, Redis, etc.), traffic management (DNS, CDN, load balancing, etc.), and infrastructure orchestration (Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Demonstrate proficient coding skills in programming languages such as Python and C++
• Possess excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Be able to independently debug production environment issues
• Have English proficiency sufficient for effective communication in the work environment (document writing, meeting participation, technical discussions, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Operate and manage backend databases and services (MySQL, HBase, Memcached, Redis, Nginx, etc.)
• Continuously improve infrastructure system scalability, stability, and performance
• Develop and review code, plan and execute system upgrades, document technical specifications, establish capacity plans, and troubleshoot production environment issues
• Enhance team efficiency by developing monitoring systems and automated tools
• Participate in on-call rotation

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience using AWS (EC2, S3, etc.) or other public clouds
• Have experience operating MySQL, Memcache, Redis, and NoSQL systems
• Have understanding of Linux operating systems, file systems, disk/storage technologies, and network architecture
• Be able to utilize various scripting languages such as shell scripts
• Have experience establishing capacity plans for large-scale web systems
• Be passionate about Quora's mission and vision

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Stock options
• Remote work stipend
• Paid time off
• Employee counseling